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“The essence of air transport is speed, and speed is unfortunately one of the most expensive commodities in the world, principally because of the disproportionate amount of the power required to achieve high speed and to lift loads thousands of feet into the air. This is strikingly illustrated by the fact that while an average cargo ship, freight train and transport aeroplane are each equipped with engines totalling about 2,500 H.P., the ship can carry a load of about 7,000 tons, the train 800 tons and the plane only two and a half tons.”

World Two Facts Half Air Feet Achieve Amount Essence Train Average Speed Ships Lifts Planes Expensive Engines Load Commodity Transport Aeroplanes High Speed Cargo

Author:J. R. D. Tata

“And then away for home! Away to the quickest and nearest train! Away from this cursed land, where the devil and his children stil walk with earthly feet!”

Children Home Walks Feet Land Devil Train Cursed

Book:Dracula - Literary Touchstone Edition

Source: Dracula - Literary Touchstone Edition

“We commend a horse for his strength, and sureness of foot, and not for his rich caparisons; a greyhound for his share of heels, not for his fine collar; a hawk for her wing, not for her jesses and bells. Why, in like manner, do we not value a man for what is properly his own? He has a great train, a beautiful palace, so much credit, so many thousand pounds a year, and all these are about him, but not in him.”

Men Years Beautiful Values Rich Feet Share Fine Thousand Horse Wings Train Appreciation Credit Pounds Bells Heels Palaces Collars Hawks Greyhounds

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.”

Culture Journey Feet Train Lists Locals Boat Lunch Racing Airplane Take Time Traps Rivals Bicycle Tourists Plugs Barcelona Savour

Author:Carl Honore

“Look in every city or any town. Travel by foot, or train or plane. Do not settle until there is love. For there, there will be the address of your happiness.”

Looks Cities Feet Towns Train Planes Settling Addresses

Author:David Paul

“I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.”

Running Feet Mountain Crosses Train Bike Bicycle Skis Skates

Author:Carre Otis