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WARY OF POLAR BRIZE-WINNERS.
Was it Dr. Cook or Peary? Is it Amundsen or Scott?
The people are bewildered, as they well may be. God wot;
First the cable says the Briton in the sprinting to the pole,
Won the honors for his nation, put his rival in a hole.
Now another message follows which reverses former news,
And the people, sorely puzzled, are reluctant which
to choose.
Is that most unseemly wrangle which the Arctic race begot,
To be again experienced in the case of Captain Scott?
Is he the real hero, as was Peary in the north,
And is Amundsen another papeocrystic lump of froth?
The record of the latter belies such meanly traits,
But the public, undecided, and, remembering, hesitates.
Not till Scott himself shall answer and officially declare
His triumph or his failure can either sailor share,
In the honors of discovery that await the pioneers
Who, braving all privations, explore uncharted spheres.
To the hardy Scandinavian or the British naval man,
Whichever's in the van, we'11 give the well-earned glory,
That plucky deeds invite and by our hearty plaudits sus-
picion put to flight.
Buf, warned by previous clashing, made wary by the past,
We halt at this emergence and hold emotions fast;
We think of Cook and Peary, that mental strain review
And, duped by former faking, would later pits eschew.
So here we stand expectant, our gaze Antarctic sot,
Ready to cheer for Amundsen, eager to shout for Scott.
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"ocrText": "WARY OF POLAR BRIZE-WINNERS.\nWas it Dr. Cook or Peary? Is it Amundsen or Scott?\nThe people are bewildered, as they well may be. God wot;\nFirst the cable says the Briton in the sprinting to the pole,\nWon the honors for his nation, put his rival in a hole.\nNow another message follows which reverses former news,\nAnd the people, sorely puzzled, are reluctant which\nto choose.\nIs that most unseemly wrangle which the Arctic race begot,\nTo be again experienced in the case of Captain Scott?\nIs he the real hero, as was Peary in the north,\nAnd is Amundsen another papeocrystic lump of froth?\nThe record of the latter belies such meanly traits,\nBut the public, undecided, and, remembering, hesitates.\nNot till Scott himself shall answer and officially declare\nHis triumph or his failure can either sailor share,\nIn the honors of discovery that await the pioneers\nWho, braving all privations, explore uncharted spheres.\nTo the hardy Scandinavian or the British naval man,\nWhichever's in the van, we'11 give the well-earned glory,\nThat plucky deeds invite and by our hearty plaudits sus-\npicion put to flight.\nBuf, warned by previous clashing, made wary by the past,\nWe halt at this emergence and hold emotions fast;\nWe think of Cook and Peary, that mental strain review\nAnd, duped by former faking, would later pits eschew.\nSo here we stand expectant, our gaze Antarctic sot,\nReady to cheer for Amundsen, eager to shout for Scott."
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