Robert Falcon Scott quotes
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“Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.114, Oxford University Press
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“But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.417, Oxford University Press
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“We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott (2005). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press, USA
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“Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Last letter to his wife, in 'Scott's Last Expedition' (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20
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“I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press
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“I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.418, OUP Oxford
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“I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Leonard Huxley (1913). “Scott's Last Expedition ...: Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R. N., C. V. O. Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley; with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ... With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 Full Page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken by Herbert C. Ponting and Other Members of the Expedition, Panoramas and Maps ...”
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“To wait idly is the worst of conditions.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.57, OUP Oxford
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“But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.419, OUP Oxford
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“I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.62, Amberley Publishing Limited
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“But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press
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“As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.53, Oxford University Press
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“Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.”
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“Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : "Message to the Public," Times (London), 11 Feb. 1913
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“Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again.”
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“I have huge questions about Vision Appraisal - you bet I do. I'm very worried about what happens when we hand over our destiny to an outside company.”
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“Winners are born, Champions are made.”
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“We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press
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“With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.491, Amberley Publishing Limited
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“Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.153, Oxford University Press
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“Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and ensure that defendant is no longer a harm to society. It makes it easier for them to return a verdict of life without the possibility of parole.”
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“Great God! This is an awful place.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Diary, 17 Jan. 1912
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“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.117, Oxford University Press
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“The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.”
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“I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.”
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“Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.116, Oxford University Press
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“Each man in his way is a treasure.”
-- Robert Falcon ScottSource : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.95, OUP Oxford
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