With many lecture engagements, I considered that I was right in doing what every other explorer, including Mr. Peary himself, had done before me; that is, to fulfill my lecture and immediate literary opportunities while there was a great public interest aroused, and to offer a narrative of greater length, with field observations and extensive scientific data, later.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
I burned to justify those who had died here; to fulfill by proxy their hopes; to set their calling souls at rest.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
You require strength to fulfill the task you have undertaken, and here nothing else is to be had.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse