Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893 . problemsfrom the first. He has from the first transmuted thefreshness of youth into energy, into conquering is with full appreciation of their meaning that he quotes(as we have seen), in an early letter to his father, thesewords of Biornsons : — Ungdomsmod, iingdonismod gaar som rovfugi i det blaa, det inaa jage, det maa slaa, det maa aJle varder naa. These last words may serve as the motto of his wholeyouth. He has already reached several beacons, and he isnow girding up his loins to make for the highest of all,which had been the goal of his dreams fo
Fridtiof Nansen, 1861-1893 . problemsfrom the first. He has from the first transmuted thefreshness of youth into energy, into conquering is with full appreciation of their meaning that he quotes(as we have seen), in an early letter to his father, thesewords of Biornsons : — Ungdomsmod, iingdonismod gaar som rovfugi i det blaa, det inaa jage, det maa slaa, det maa aJle varder naa. These last words may serve as the motto of his wholeyouth. He has already reached several beacons, and he isnow girding up his loins to make for the highest of all,which had been the goal of his dreams for many a year,when that picture was taken in London. The expeditionacross Greenland (so one of his most intimate friends writesto us) was only a preparation for the Pole. Long beforehis name was known, or his character divined, either athome or abroad, he had set himself this gigantic task. Themoment for attacking it is now at hand. Traces of the vastexpenditure of energy it has cost to achieve what lies behind See p.
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