Fate
Du Pont was decommissioned on 4 March 1983 and sold for scrap on 11 December 1992.
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Famous quotes containing the word fate:
“So the old flute was doomed and its fate was pathetic,
Twas fastened and burned at the stake as heretic,
While the flames roared around it they heard a strange
noise
Twas the old flute still whistling The Protestant Boys.”
—Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 3740)
“To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.”
—Pierre Corneille (16061684)
“Such is the fate of simple Bard,
On lifes rough ocean luckless starrd:”
—Robert Burns (17591796)