Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition (Classic Reprint) - Brossura

Peary, R. E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1331910196 ISBN 13: 9781331910190

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

Riassunto

Excerpt from Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition

I emphatically believe in peace and all the kindred virtues. But I think that they are only worth having if they come as a consequence of possessing the combined virtue of courage and hardihood. So I feel that in an age which naturally and properly excels, as it should excel, in the milder and softer qualities, there is need that we should not forget that in the last analysis the safe basis of a successful national character must rest upon the great fighting virtues, and those great fighting virtues can be shown quite as well in peace as in war.

They can be shown in the work of the philanthropist; in the work of the scientist; and, most emphatically of all, in the work of the explorer, who faces and overcomes perils and hardships which the average soldier never in his life knows. In war, after all, it is only the man at the very head who is ever lonely. All the others, from the subordinate generals down through the privates, are cheered and sustained by the sense of companionship and by the sense of divided responsibility.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1331910196
• ISBN 13: 9781331910190
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 438
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