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The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage

HISTORY This Week

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Introduction

On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage. The vessel is a microcosm of the gilded world around her - and it has important parallels to our own. We're probably living through something fairly similar for the first time since the early 1900s. It is a warning against the costs of human hubris.

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