Deep I lie immersed in the history of our nation and the charismatic leaders that came out on the stage of the world as she bled in war and rejoiced in love and peace.

Writing Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s biography is a journey deep into America now in this last section of the Lusitania. Before I danced on the outside like a butterfly akin to the young man who was the social light of his class at Yale. Now, as he boards the Lusitania, I learn what it must have been poised on the brink of a catastrophic world war. The Gilded Age had abruptly come to an end and more pressing matters were on hand.

And a charismatic man would arise across the ocean. His appearance was far from pretty; in fact, he was quite portly but his heart was magnificent and roared like a lion. 

I admire his spirit. 

Winston Churchill:

“Never Give In”

       “This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” (1941)