Men were once engaged in driving a railway tunnel under a large
river. While they were pushing the shield of the tunnel on its
submarine journey a defective steel plate broke. All escaped
except one man, who stumbled and fell. Before he could regain
his feet the water engulfed him. It was the defective plate that
did it. Far away somewhere, the makers of that plate failed to
do their duty, and through their failure this man’s life was
lost.
(2177)
See DECAY; INDIFFERENCE TO THE GOOD.