This is a beta-test of my "illustration database web-based interface." (whoa that is a mouthful.) Everything is not fully complete, but it should work. Thank you for checking it out. Please let me know if you encounter any problems or if you think of any helpful new features.
The illustrations found here are in the public domain and were collected by Pastor Holwick.
"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
A ship was wrecked off the Irish coast. The captain was a careful man, and the weather had not been severe enough to make the vessel veer from its course. Nevertheless the ship went down, and many lives were lost. So much interest was taken in the wreck that a diving bell was sunk. Among the portions examined was the compass, and inside the compass box was found a tiny bit of steel. The day before the wreck, a sailor had been ordered to clean the compass. Using his pocket knife, he had unconsciously broken off the point under the edge of the box. That tiny bit of steel changed the dip of the needle, and the man at the wheel had driven the ship onto hidden rocks.
William Moses Tidwell, "Pointed Illustrations."
(Subject: Foundation)