"If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration."
"Not until, years later, I found my true interest in life did I discover that I could master a subject, no matter how difficult, if it helped me in what I wanted to do."
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Source: Lincoln Ellsworth (1938). “Beyond Horizons”, New York, Book League of America
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