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  • The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.

    Dog   Training   Moments  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.117, Oxford University Press
  • But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.417, Oxford University Press
  • But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.419, OUP Oxford
  • It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

  • Great God! This is an awful place.

    Diary, 17 Jan. 1912
  • Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

    Dog   Faces   Driving  
  • With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

    Dog   Care   Might  
    Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.491, Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Each man in his way is a treasure.

    Men   Treasure   Way  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.95, OUP Oxford
  • I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

    Done   May   March  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press
  • The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.117, Oxford University Press
  • As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.53, Oxford University Press
  • I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

    Regret   Writing   Past  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Leonard Huxley (1913). “Scott's Last Expedition ...: Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R. N., C. V. O. Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley; with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ... With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 Full Page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken by Herbert C. Ponting and Other Members of the Expedition, Panoramas and Maps ...”
  • Winners are born, Champions are made.

  • Keep engaged in the all new popular and fancy, positive side of things!

    Fancy   Sides   Engaged  
  • We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press
  • Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

    Dog   Reality   Fierce  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.116, Oxford University Press
  • I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Charles Turley (1915). “The voyages of Captain Scott: Retold from "The voyage of the Discovery" and "Scott's last expedition,"”
  • Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.

    School   Boys   Games  
    Last letter to his wife, in 'Scott's Last Expedition' (1913) vol. 1, ch. 20
  • Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

    Ocean   Sea   Freezing  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.153, Oxford University Press
  • It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

  • I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

    Journey   Done   Records  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.418, OUP Oxford
  • Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and ensure that defendant is no longer a harm to society. It makes it easier for them to return a verdict of life without the possibility of parole.

  • I have huge questions about Vision Appraisal - you bet I do. I'm very worried about what happens when we hand over our destiny to an outside company.

    Destiny   Hands   Vision  
  • But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press
  • To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2006). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.57, OUP Oxford
  • Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

    "Message to the Public," Times (London), 11 Feb. 1913
  • I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

    Patience   Long   Waiting  
    Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.62, Amberley Publishing Limited
  • We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

    Cheer   Ends   Good Cheer  
    Robert Falcon Scott (2005). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.416, Oxford University Press, USA
  • Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

    Life   Light   Discovery  
    Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.114, Oxford University Press
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