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... the heart rises in response to a human being's fight against an invincibly superior power of fate, the greatest of all tragedies, and one that sometimes inspires poets and shapes life a thousand times over.
— Mar 25, 2018 05:39AM
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Irene
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Reading captain scott's last letters brought tears to my eyes.
"What lots and lots I could tell you of the journey. How much better it has been than lounging in too great comfort at home."
"I never met a man in my life whom I loved and admired more than you, but I never could show you how much your friendship meant to me, for you had much to give and I had nothing."
"Send this diary to my _wife_ widow."
— Mar 25, 2018 05:35AM
"What lots and lots I could tell you of the journey. How much better it has been than lounging in too great comfort at home."
"I never met a man in my life whom I loved and admired more than you, but I never could show you how much your friendship meant to me, for you had much to give and I had nothing."
"Send this diary to my _wife_ widow."
Irene
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... a wall that only the fire of a passionate human will can destroy.
— Mar 25, 2018 05:24AM