We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.
Ernest ShackletonI do not know what 'moss' stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathered more moss by rolling than I ever did at school.
Ernest ShackletonNow my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.
Ernest ShackletonOne feels 'the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech' in trying to describe things intangible.
Ernest Shackleton