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uperable obstacles have but stimulated men to do and dare all things, so that they might but reach that ultima thule. In vain have our utilitarians cried, "Qui bono?" God has planted within man the spirit of lordship and domination; and, tru

orers of Arctic regions. They did marvelous deeds, beyond the comprehension of those who did not actually participate in them. They sacrificed thousands of noble lives, and undoubtedly did all that could be d

desk, newspaper in hand, reading an account of the failure of Dr. Nansen to reach the North Pole. That renowned and hardy explorer proposed reaching the spot by floating on an ice

ann that rested upon a bracket in a corner of the room. "They can never get there on any such lines. I believe it

e hand, and mused for several moments. Suddenly he seized a pencil, and rapidly jott

egitimately used or not. Sometimes they are made to represent the vilest untruth," said a voice

st the man I wanted

urt or seriously sick?" inquired

lure to reach the North Pole, and then said: "I do not wonder th

ose that anyone will ever get

f emphasis with a whack that made the various loose articles in the little office rattle. Even the bust upon the bracket moved about uneasily, whether by way of approbation or not, this truthful chronicle ventures no opinion.

g to, and returning from, the North Pole with perfect safety, absolute certainty, and a degree of comfort that

Pole with perfect safety, certainty, comfort, and pleasure! What d

Doctor. Denison complied, and the Doctor, seizing a pencil, drew upon a lea

ve a few finishing touches

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globe of aluminum, two hundred fee

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num. I have chosen that material for two obvious reasons; lightness and stre

do you suppose it will be before your gl

y little fuel will keep the interior of our great air-ship at the desired temperature. You see, at the inferior or lower part of the ship, a square apartment attached, plentifully supplied with windows. That represents the living and store rooms. The living rooms are to be comfortably fu

" said

t the great globe. All the warmth from cooking and heating; the heat and smoke from our pipes and cigars; yea, even the animal heat which radiates from our bodies, all s

oked. You can never guide or steer this immense ship. It must go with the wind, and you are just as likely to go to the South Pole as to the North, and

ing constantly superheated and correspondingly rarified, ascends into the vault above. This creates a semi-vacuum below, and the cooler atmospheres north and south of the equator rush in and fill the aforesaid vacuum. Pouring in from opposite directions with an impetus that often amounts to hurricanes, they boil up as they meet, miles into the firmament above. They then set off in two strong currents toward either Pole. W

sing, and which shows that you have given the matter much thought; yet I am not sure that you will not run upon difficulties that will make it a

I can think of. I really have no idea of who will furnish t

ter, however, he returned, and when the Doctor was at leisure, opened the conver

are getting into my way of thin

ught of it considerably since I saw you.

ee if we cannot stir up our friends and form a stock company. Or, failing in that, we might hav

onth, and it was evident that he was fast becomi