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Excerpt from A Voyage of Discovery, Vol. 1 of 2: Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Enquiring Into the Possibility of a North-West Passage
My nautical education has taught me to act, and not to question; to obey orders as far as possible, not to discuss probabilities, or examine philosophical or unphilosophical speculations.
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