Show A GOAL STILL against the view of the he ordinary citizen that arctic expeditions are not worth what they cost coat in perils hard ships anti and money we have the assurance of two distinguished experts general greeley and professor heil prid that polar exploration deserves more encouragement than it receives and that neither the risk nor the expense is worthy to be considered in the same connection with the benefits that accrue to science and human knowl edge through the efforts eff that are made to reach the pole both these thaw gentlemen recen recently tAy read papers before the contemporary club of philadelphia ani and each advanced reasons for the faith that is within him the professor justifies the outlay of money and the wil willingness lingne to brave the frosty dangers in the mild aid that in ia thus extended to commerce and in the additions that are made to the worlds stock of scientific knowledge the general finds justification for such journeys by naval aval officers like peary in the benefit that comes to the service from the examples of daring skill and heroism hero isTa displayed under privations and in the midst m of dangers he argues that we have no wars ware nowadays now a days day to develop our young officers hence their energy and initiative of action may well be permitted to blossom into vigorous life in these hazardous expeditions in none of this logic to is there anything that is new beoh contributions as have been made to the supply of practical knowledge by recent polar expeditions are so meager and unsatisfactory uni atis that no one can be blamed for suggesting that at the price named they come mighty high As to the other idea that thai the ioe ice field in ie desirable ablean M a means of supplying tests teats of heroism for an example to the officers engaged in uncle samis barns service it scarcely merits the name of argument coming from anyone but a v veteran teran like general greeley it would be considered trivial nevertheless the he necessity for strong argument in support of their opinion does not exist the ad adventure ventur oua spirit of the age will continue to develop igoe itself as aa it has done in the past I 1 in n the breasts of brave men who in the role of explorers will them selves believe in the value of their labors As long as there are such men as long as they can obtain from private or governmental sources sou row the means to equip themselves for the journey and as longas long as the people P I 1 e through lack jack of active interest take no position antagonistic to the project arctic exploration will go on and while it is generally admitted that ven even the most successful journey would fall fail to bring to light anything of value to the world in general the zeal seal with which the pole is sought to is a fresh evidence of the readiness with which men in these days will meet nay any danger in the search for a few my sterl ous and well guarded facts facto |