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"Do you mean to assert that it is not to Kane's energy and science that we owe his great discovery?" DO YOU MEAN TO ASSERT THAT IT IS NOT TO KANE'S ENERGY AND SCIENCE THAT WE OWE HIS GREAT DISCOVERY
s. Hatteras could not contain his delight at these signs of a general thaw among the ice-fields, for an open sea would bring him liberty. At last he might hope to ascertain for himself whether his predecessors were correct in their assertions about a polar basin. This was a frequent topic of thought and conversation with him, and one evening when he was going over all the old familiar arguments in support of his theory, Altamont took up the subject, and declared his opinion that the polar basin extended west as well as east. But it was impossible for the American and Englishman, to talk long about anything without coming to words, so intensely national were both. Dr. Kane was the first bone of contention on this occasion, for the jealous Englishman was unwilling to grant his rival the glory of being a discoverer, alleging his belief that though the brave adventurer had gone far north, it was by mere chance he had made a discovery. [Illustration: ] "Chance!" interrupted Altamont, hotly.  LITTLE SLOPE IN FALLS AND CASCADES HATTERAS COULD NOT CONTAIN HIS DELIGHT AT THESE SIGNS OF A GENERAL THAW AMONG THE ICE FIELDS FOR AN OPEN SEA WOULD BRING HIM LIBERTY AT LAST HE MIGHT HOPE TO ASCERTAIN FOR HIMSELF WHETHER HIS PREDECESSORS WERE CORRECT IN THEIR ASSERTIONS ABOUT A POLAR BASIN THIS WAS A FREQUENT TOPIC OF THOUGHT AND CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND ONE EVENING WHEN HE WAS GOING OVER ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF HIS THEORY ALTAMONT TOOK UP THE SUBJECT AND DECLARED HIS OPINION THAT THE POLAR BASIN EXTENDED WEST AS WELL AS EAST BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN AND ENGLISHMAN TO TALK LONG ABOUT ANYTHING WITHOUT COMING TO WORDS SO INTENSELY NATIONAL WERE BOTH DOCTOR KANE WAS THE FIRST BONE OF CONTENTION ON THIS OCCASION FOR THE JEALOUS ENGLISHMAN WAS UNWILLING TO GRANT HIS RIVAL THE GLORY OF BEING A DISCOVERER ALLEGING HIS BELIEF THAT THOUGH THE BRAVE ADVENTURER HAD GONE FAR NORTH IT WAS BY MERE CHANCE HE HAD MADE A DISCOVERY CHANCE INTERRUPTED ALTAMONT HOTLY
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