“And though thou thinkest that thou knowest sure Thy victory, yet thou canst not surely know. For we are all, like swimmers in the sea, Poised on the top of a huge wave of fate, Which hangs uncertain to which side to fall. And whether it will heave us up to land, Or whether it will roll us out to sea, Back out to sea, to the deep waves of death, We know not, and no search will make us know; Only the event will teach us in its hour.” * * * * * The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS U · S · A FOOTNOTES: [1] Italics are used in the above text where the original German type emphasizes by spacing. [2] Italics are used in the translations where the original German text emphasizes by spacing. Typographical error corrected by the etext transcriber: When the torpoedoes struck=> When the torpedoes struck {pg 128} End of Project Gutenberg's The Lusitania's Last Voyage, by Charles Lauriat