Nearest the Pole

Nearest the Pole

Nearest the Pole - a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the...
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Author: Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin),1856-1920
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Nearest the Pole

Nearest the Pole

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Nearest the Pole

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin),1856-1920
Format: eBook
Language: English

Nearest the Pole - a narrative of the polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

The Address of President Roosevelt on his presentation of the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society to Commander Robert E. Peary, at the annual banquet of the Society, December 15, 1906. I count myself fortunate in having been asked to be present this evening at such a gathering and on behalf of such a society to pay a tribute of honour to an American who emphatically deserves well of the commonwealth. Civilised people usually live under conditions of life so easy that there is a certain tendency to atrophy of the hardier virtues. And it is a relief to pay signal honour to a man who by his achievements makes it evident that in some of the race, at least, there has been no loss of hardy virtue. I said some loss of the hardier virtues. We will do well to recollect that the very word virtue, in itself, originally signifies courage and hardihood. When the Roman spoke of virtue he meant that sum of qualities that we characterise as manliness. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68906
Author: Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Release Date: Sep 4, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday, Page
Publication Date: 1907
Publisher Country: United States

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Illustrator: Operti, Albert, 1852-1927

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