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"Yes," replied Hatteras, "half way up the mountain, but not a step beyond. YES REPLIED HATTERAS HALF WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN BUT NOT A STEP BEYOND
 the summit of the volcano," said the Doctor. "I shall go." "It is an inaccessible cone!" "I shall go." "But it is a yawning fiery crater!" "I shall go." The tone of absolute determination in which Hatteras pronounced these words it is impossible to describe. His friends were stupefied, and gazed in terror at the blazing mountain. At last the Doctor recovered himself, and began to urge and entreat Hatteras to renounce his project. He tried every means his heart dictated, from humble supplications to friendly threats; but he could gain nothing--a sort of frenzy had come over the captain, an absolute monomania about the Pole. Nothing but violent measures would keep him back from destruction, but the Doctor was unwilling to employ these unless driven to extremity. He trusted, moreover, that physical impossibilities, insuperable obstacles would bar his further progress, and meantime finding all protestations were useless, he simply said-- "Very well, since you are bent on it, we'll go too. ION AND TO THAT POINT I SHALL GO BUT IT IS ON THE SUMMIT OF THE VOLCANO SAID THE DOCTOR I SHALL GO IT IS IN INACCESSIBLE CONE I SHALL GO BUT IT IS A YAWNING FIERY CRATER I SHALL GO THE TONE OF ABSOLUTE DETERMINATION IN WHICH HATTERAS PRONOUNCED THESE WORDS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE HIS FRIENDS WERE STUPEFIED AND GAZED IN TERROR AT THE BLAZING MOUNTAIN AT LAST THE DOCTOR RECOVERED HIMSELF AND BEGAN TO URGE AND ENTREAT HATTERAS TO RENOUNCE HIS PROJECT HE TRIED EVERY MEANS HIS HEART DICTATED FROM HUMBLE SUPPLICATIONS TO FRIENDLY THREATS BUT HE COULD GAIN NOTHING A SORT OF FRENZY HAD COME OVER THE CAPTAIN AN ABSOLUTE MONOMANIA ABOUT THE POLE NOTHING BUT VIOLENT MEASURES WOULD KEEP HIM BACK FROM DESTRUCTION BUT THE DOCTOR WAS UNWILLING TO EMPLOY THESE UNLESS DRIVEN TO EXTREMITY HE TRUSTED MOREOVER THAT PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES INSUPERABLE OBSTACLES WOULD BAR HIS FURTHER PROGRESS AND MEANTIME FINDING ALL PROTESTATIONS WERE USELESS HE SIMPLY SAID VERY WELL SINCE YOU ARE BENT ON IT WILL GO TOO
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