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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 712

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When he wanted to lie in bed an extra half- 442 ROBERT FALCON SCOTT: THE CAPTAIN OF HIS SOUL 443 hour, it was, Up, sir! Up and doing, is theword! And out he would jump with a laughand a cheer for the new day. When he felt like hugging the fire with a hookon his knees he would say: Out, sir! Get… … others becamemaster of him-self. Therec a m e a timewhen a strong,brave man wasneeded to takecommand of theship Discovery,that was to sailover unex-plored seas tothe south pole.And RobertFalcon Scott,then a lieuten-ant in the royalnavy, who hadlong dreamedof going forthwhere ships andmen had…

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