After dinner and Evening Quarters, the boys dedicated a few moments to song, as a group differently engaged might have to prayer.
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It's nice to see the boys aren't overly religious. Perhaps they're not religious at all, depending so much on the scientific. Or maybe Randolph knows prayers don't mean anything for a fallen angel!
Anyway, singing is basically secular mass. I mean it's also religious mass! But this is singing for pure entertainment and not singing to make sure the omnipotent creator of the universe stays happy.
"Evening Quarters"
The assembling of the Ship's company at the end of the day or drill night. Does the American military generally engage in prayer or is it like M.A.S.H. where nobody ever wants to pray at all and Father Mulcahy is constantly being told to jump in a lake?
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