. . He had by now divested himself of schoolboy attitudes. He was
unburdened by the desire to be a martyr or a hero. Any thoughts in that
direction, Belgica effectively had quashed. Heroism in the corrupt sense of
the age almost by definition, meant wanton self-sacrifice and bungling. For
neither had he any taste. He wanted rational attainment; victory, but not
at any price. No point upon the globe was worth the cost of a single life.
-- Roland Huntford, SCOTT and AMUNDSEN The Race to The South Pole
-- referring to polar explorer Roald Amundsen.
unburdened by the desire to be a martyr or a hero. Any thoughts in that
direction, Belgica effectively had quashed. Heroism in the corrupt sense of
the age almost by definition, meant wanton self-sacrifice and bungling. For
neither had he any taste. He wanted rational attainment; victory, but not
at any price. No point upon the globe was worth the cost of a single life.
-- Roland Huntford, SCOTT and AMUNDSEN The Race to The South Pole
-- referring to polar explorer Roald Amundsen.
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