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Show a huai. sun. uviuir. Against tho Tlerr of the ordinary rltltru, that Arctlo expo lltlona are not worth what they cost lu erlla, hardships hard-ships anl unney, we liare theaviur-anoo theaviur-anoo of two dlstliifiilshel experts, Usneral (Ireetey and IVofe'ior Hell-plo, Hell-plo, that rolar exploration deserves moro oucoursgemeut Ihau It receives, hud that neither the risk nor the expense ex-pense Is worthy to bo conl lered In Ihe same onnectlon with the benefits that accrue to aclonce an i Imnitn know), edge through the i (Torts that are mado to rcm.li the 1'ilu. liotli theso gmllcmenra entlyrcad pnK,ra before the Conteinnurarf club of Phllalel Jibla, nn 1 ei-h alvaueel reatjnt for tho faith that Is within htm. Ihe I rotator Justine the outlay of money ami the wllliugnesi to bravo tho frosty daagere In the aid thit It thueexteuded to commerce an J In the Additions that urn nnl. to tile world's stock of eclcutlflo kuosrlejge. The general finds Justification for such Journeys by naval bftlcers Ilka Mu.it. Tcary In "the benefit that coin to the service from (llu examples of daring, dar-ing, eklll and herola n dlsolayed under privations and lu the tnlJst or dan-Kers," dan-Kers," ho argues tht we have no wars now-a daya to develop our young nlll-cits, nlll-cits, hence their energy and lultlstlvu of action may well bo iirraltteJ to blj-sjui into vigoroui life lu these liatsrdous ux 'editions. In none of this lolo Is thero any-Iblngthat any-Iblngthat Is now. Huoh cjntrlUitlohs aa have beeu niado to the supply of praitluil knowledge by recent polir expeditions art-eo nuajorouJ untitle-factory untitle-factory that no one can be blamed for suggesting that at the prioe named "they lumetnlgbty high." Aa to the other Uea that the loo-Held la drilr-nbleas drilr-nbleas a means of eupplyluf tests of heroism for hn example to Ihe olllcers engaged In Unci Hun's aervlce It scarcely merits tho name of argument; coming from anyone but a veteran llko (leneral Urceley It would unconsidered trivial. Xeorthelct, the neoesilly for strong argument In support of their opinion does not exist. The adventurous adventur-ous spirit of the ago vllt continue to develop Itself as It his done In Ihe past, In tho breasts of brave nun who In the role of explorers will them-wives them-wives believe in the value of their labors. As long as thero aro such meu, as long as they can obtain from private or governmental sources the miant to equip thcmaolvos for the Journey, aul at long as thoeolo through Isctt of active interest take no lutltlon antagonistic to the rojoct, Arctlo exploration will go on. And while It la generally aJmtlteJ that veu Ilia most rm.cis(ul ourney would fall to bring to light anything of value to the world In general, the sial with which Ihe l'ole la Bought la a fresh evldenvo ot tho readiness with which men In theso daya will meet any danger In tho search for a few mysterious mysteri-ous and well-guarded facts. |
