At the time I felt a little indignant. It seemed to me that these men
ought to think themselves lucky to be down South at all: there were
thousands who would have like to take their place. But now I understand
quite a lot more than I did then. Science is a big thing if you can
travel a Winter Journey in her cause and not regret it. I am not sure she
is not bigger still if you can have dealings with scientists and continue
to follow in her path.
FOOTNOTES:
[134] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 604.
[135] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 599, 602, 607.
[136] Scott, _Voyage of the Discovery_, vol. ii. p. 53.
[137] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 295.
[138] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 432-433.
[139] Ibid. p. 597.
[140] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 362.
[141] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 396.
[142] _With Scott: The Silver Lining_, Taylor, p. 240.
[143] F. G. Jackson, _A Thousand Days in the Arctic_, vol. ii. pp.
380-381.
[144] See p. 179.
[145] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 4.
[146] See pp. 130-134.
[147] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 352.
[148] Ibid. p. 353.
[149] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 353.
CHAPTER VII
THE WINTER JOURNEY
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a Heaven for?
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