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"As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time."

"As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time."

John Mason, American Explorer

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"It is notoriously true that the public mind is seriously agitated with apprehensions of negroes insurrections and that it is becoming more and more so."

"It is notoriously true that the public mind is seriously agitated with apprehensions of negroes insurrections and that it is becoming more and more so."

Thomas L. Smith, American Explorer

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"Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth."

"Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth."

Walter Raleigh, English Explorer

History, Truth, May, Writing

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"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

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"Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely - never thinking that our lives were risked gaining it."

"Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely - never thinking that our lives were risked gaining it."

Kit Carson, American Explorer

Money, Time, Thinking

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"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

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"Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

"Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer

Strength, Men, Deep

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"In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds."

"In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds."

Kit Carson, American Explorer

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"They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers."

"They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers."

Samuel de Champlain, French Explorer

Future, Hunting

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"Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do."

"Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do."

Lincoln Ellsworth, American Explorer

Life, Interest, Years

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"In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City."

"In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City."

Thomas L. Smith, American Explorer

Life, Company, Fire, Property

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"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

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"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

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