Apsley Cherry-Garrard Quotes

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• The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real…
• I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.
• We are a nation of shop keepers.
• Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin.
• I might have speculated on my chances of going to Heaven; but candidly I did not care. I could not have wept if I had…
• And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather…
• Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give…
• Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and…
• The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.
• For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organization, give me Scott; for a winter journey, give me Wilson; for a dash to the Pole…
• If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg.
• And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.
• Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.

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