"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."

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Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press

Robert Falcon Scott

#Country Quotes #Giving Quotes #Appeals Quotes

“My heart is sair-I dare na tell, My heart is sair for Somebody.”
“Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.”
“The proper role of humanists is not to bring 'human values' to the attention of technicians otherwise engaged in a purely instrumental approach to their calling, but to demand the restoration of the practical or moral element in callings that have degenerated into techniques.”
“If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.”
“A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there's very little fear.”
“You see, this universe we inhabit is made up of billions of galaxies literally beyond counting and this is only one universe.”
“When I think of my past life, and the bitter trials I have endured, I can scarcely believe I live, and yet I do; and, with the help of Him who notes the sparrowâ€™s fall, I mean to fight for my down-trodden race while life lasts.”

Source : Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1883). “Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims”, p.6, University of Nevada Press
“Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always.”

Source : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu”, p.142

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