"We men who serve science serve only a reflection in a mirror."

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Source : Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.179, Island Press

Richard E. Byrd

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“I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.”
“True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.”
“My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.”
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
“If you twisted my arm today, I would probably vote for James Harden, he's single-handedly put that Houston Rockets team in the position they are in today. It would be tough.”
“To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.”
“The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.”
“I loved her as the sun loves the flower: ever-present, nourishingly, and gently.”

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