By endorsing Peary you are upholding the cowardly verdict of Chester, Tittman and Gannett, who bartered their souls to Peary's interests by suppressing the worthlessness of the material upon which they passed.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The Fates retort on him by exclamations on the worthlessness of such a boon.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The men would probably back Gannett to "do the decent thing"; but the ladies' eye-brows would emphasize the worthlessness of such enforced fidelity; and after all, they would be right.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton