Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“There was no help for it, however, but to go on.”
- Date
- 1868
- Local voice
- Quoted historical voice · George Stephenson
Meaning of “There was no help for it, however, but…”
During the Chat Moss crisis, continuing became the practical choice after heavy investment and discouraging expert opinion had narrowed the alternatives.
Where does it come from?
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson, Chapter XI, “Chat Moss—Construction of the Railway”; represented 1868 revised edition, Project Gutenberg #46229. Smiles records Stephenson’s first-person recollection of the directors’ crisis over Chat Moss in quoted speech.
Why the local voice matters
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson. The Chat Moss passage is Stephenson’s first-person recollection reproduced inside Smiles’s biography, so Stephenson is the local historical voice while Smiles remains the bibliographic source author.
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