Lan Jue's gradually agitated voice echoed in the classroom, everyone was listening intently, there was no other voice except his.
"According to subsequent investigations, only lifeboats No. 6 and No. 2 had crew members jumping in, but they were immediately discovered by the responsible officials there and asked them to come out. They obeyed the order and returned to the deck without saying anything."
"A famous writer once said, 'It is because they are born with the ideal that responsibility takes precedence over other considerations, that responsibility and discipline are synonymous, and that in the hours before the sinking of the Titanic, this An ideal of duty and discipline, which proved to be the most powerful of temperaments that cannot be corroded.'”
"It was this sense of responsibility that caused Fireman Farman Cavell, when he felt he might have left a little too early, to go back to Boiler Room Four to see if there were any other Boilermen trapped there. it is this sense of duty that keeps Signalman Ron on deck firing flares and cranking the morse signal no matter how hopeless it may seem; Hemming, the boiler-man, gave the opportunity to others, and remained on deck, unloading the dinghy to the last moment; They held on until the last minute when Captain Smith told them they could abandon the ship, but they still did not leave, they continued typing on the keyboard, typing the seconds at the end of their lives, sending messages and their last hope; it was this sense of responsibility that Bell, the chief engineer, and all the engineers have been working hard in the engine room, even knowing that they have no time to go on deck and lose any chance of escape; it is this sense of responsibility that makes Henry Hartley and other musicians Hands played lilting jazz and solemn religious hymns 'God be with us' until the sea took their lives and songs to the bottom of the sea... ”
"All of this can't be fully explained with just one word of 'bravery'. There is a western saying: 'Even a hero can become a coward in desperate situations.' But the 'Titanic' turned countless ordinary people into The hero! The sense of responsibility lifts up the value, nobility, and beauty of people."
"This is the noble spirit! Each of them is a noble in my mind!"
"When the survivors of the 'Titanic' discussed who survived and who died, because there were far more women and children than men, people thought it was a victory for the myth of 'women and children first' in the sea rule. But the company to which the Titanic belongs He told the media: There is no so-called 'rule of the sea' that requires men to make such a big sacrifice. What they did can only be said to be a kind of care for the weak by the strong. It is the same whether on land or at sea. This is their personal choice, not something that can be required by any rules and regulations or sailing rules. They stick to the ancient but forever young human values.”
"At that time, the billionaire Asd asked the lifeboat officer if he could accompany his pregnant wife, Madeleine, on the boat. After the crew member said, 'Women and children go first', he replied like a real gentleman. to the deck, and sat there quietly until the ship sank, and the great funnel that fell threw him into the Atlantic Ocean. Asder was the only billionaire on the Titanic at the time, and one of the richest men in the world , his assets can build eleven Titanic ships."
"Captain Smith of the Titanic has a very good personal relationship with almost all the rich people on board, and many of them are also his good friends, including Asder. But Asder did not go to Captain Smith to go through the 'back door' at all, and make accommodations." , put him on board. If he went to the captain, he would have a good reason, his wife was five months pregnant. But Aster didn't do it, or it didn't occur to him at all, it was a The era without the concept of 'back door' is an era that emphasizes gentlemanly demeanor and being a real man. He is a real aristocrat!"
"Another rich man on the Titanic whose wealth is second only to Astor's is called Strauss. He and his wife are also on this ship. The Strauss and his wife also brought a dozen attendants and waiters by themselves to prepare There are not enough attendants on board, or they serve themselves when it is not convenient. One can imagine the degree and style of their wealth. After the Titanic hit the iceberg, Mrs. Strauss almost got on the lifeboat No. 8, but her foot was about to step on On the other side, she suddenly changed her mind and came back to Mr. Strauss again, saying: "We have lived together for so many years, and I will go wherever you go!" She put herself in the boat. The place was given to a young maid, to whom he also threw his fur coat, saying: 'I don't need it any more!'"
"When someone proposed to the 67-year-old Mr. Strauss, 'I guarantee that no one will object to an old gentleman like you getting on a boat...' Strauss replied firmly,'I will never be in front of other men. Get on the lifeboat." Then, holding the arm of his 63-year-old wife Ada, an old couple staggered to the wicker chairs on the deck and sat down there, peacefully perched there like a pair of mandarin ducks, quietly waiting for the final moment."
"When he knew he had no chance of being rescued, famous plumbing magnate Benjamin Guggenheim put on his finest evening gown and said: 'I will die respectably and like a gentleman.' The paper he left for Mrs. The note read: 'This ship will not have a woman left on deck because I took the lifeboat. I will not die like a beast, I will die like a real man. I am a nobleman!'"
The story came to an abrupt end here, and Lan Jue's eyes were already a little moist, but they were filled with a kind of fanaticism that could infect everyone.
"I don't know whether you can become nobles in the future, but today I am standing here as a lecturer at the Huameng National Academy. In this first class, I must tell you what a real noble is! "
"Spiritual nobles are not necessarily rich, and rich people are not necessarily nobles. And the spirit of nobility can never be bought with money! If one day, you can stand up and be such a nobleman, then I will , proud of you!"
(Part of the story about the Titanic is quoted from "Unsinkable" by Danny Alan Butler)