Not until, years later, I f... by Lincoln Ellsworth, an American Explorer

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“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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Name: Lincoln Ellsworth

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: May 12, 1880

Date of Death: May 26, 1951

Profession: Explorer

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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.

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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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One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father.

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