Douglas Mawson Quotes

• It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard.

  Douglas Mawson

  Wisdom, Australia, Easy

  Douglas Mawson (2010). “The Home of the Blizzard: An Australian Hero's Classic Tale of Antarctic Discovery and Adventure”, p.192, Wakefield Press

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• In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work.

  Douglas Mawson

  Men, Leader, He Man

  Douglas Mawson (2010). “The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914”, p.12, Lulu.com

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• We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard.

  Douglas Mawson

  Country, Home, Found

  Douglas Mawson (2010). “The Home of the Blizzard: An Australian Hero's Classic Tale of Antarctic Discovery and Adventure”, p.88, Wakefield Press

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• Dangling in space I realised I could always slip out of the harness. I looked forward to the peace of the great release.

  Douglas Mawson

  Adventure, Space, Harness

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