What irritated Colonel Spaulding was Davenport's notion that the whole thing was a waste of time, energy, money, and materials, and, therefore, there was no point in doing a decent job of testing it at all.
"The Foreign Hand Tie"
Gordon Randall Garrett
I was now testing also for the first time the new winter clothing with which I and all my companions were dressed.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
A few days were spent in testing our intentions.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook