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Quotes by Explorer

"The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other."

"The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Abortion, Nothing

"If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration."

"If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Family, Father, Son, Admiration, Affection

"My first occupation was to map the country."

"My first occupation was to map the country."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

Country, First, Occupation

"Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

"Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Heart, Courage, Endurance

"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."

"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them."

Henry Hudson, English Explorer

Determination, Diligence, Force, London, Now

"A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion."

"A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion."

Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer

Progress, Public

"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

Jacques Cartier, Canadian Explorer

"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."

"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."

David Livingstone, Scottish Explorer

Man, Men, Road, Want, Will

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

"I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

"One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father."

"One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Family, Father, Determination, Earth, Name

"Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair."

"Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair."

David Livingstone, Scottish Explorer

Work, Despair, Nothing, Will

"So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig."

"So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."

"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

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