“What people think about you is not supposed to matter much, so long as you yourself know where the truth lies; but I have found out, as have others who move in and out of newspaper headlines, that on occasion it can matter a good deal. For once you enter the world of headlines you learn there is not one truth but two: the one which you know from the facts; and the one which the public, or at any rate a highly imaginative part of the public, acquires by osmosis.”
Quote by Richard E. Byrd
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Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
This book recounts the harrowing tale of a solitary polar explorer facing extreme conditions and personal challenges during an epic journey. more
Author
Richard E. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd was an American naval officer and explorer, renowned for his polar expeditions. Born on October 25, 1888, and passing away on March 11, 1957, Byrd conducted several expeditions to Antarctica in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone. more
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