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    "title": "Records relating to Polar Exploration",
    "description": "This file includes poems, articles, and letters relating to Admiral Robert Peary, the ship Roosevelt, and North and South Pole expeditions.",
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    "ocrText": "SCHOOLBOY'S POEM PLEASE\nPEARY PLEASED BY\nBook\nExplorer Acknowledges Appre\n\"The Conqueror of the Froze\nSCHOOLBOY'S POEM\nCommander Peary has acknow\nappreciation of the poem enti\nqueror of the Frozen North,\"\nPhila. Public ledger\npublished in the magazine of\nCharter School, Philadelphia.\nPenn Charter Student Receives\nwas written by a student who\nself \"W. L. I.-O. P. C., '07\" ar\nfollows:\nGraceful Acknowledgment\nNec. 2311\nwas, From Explorer. 20/10\nCONQUEROR OF THE FROZEN\nConqueror of the frozen North! To\nBe honor, glory, praise, and, last,\nSmall tribute to thy struggle, cruel\nAcross the barriers of an icy sea.\nThe October number of the Penn Char-\nLong years of toil, long years of con\nter Magazine published a poem entitled\nThy mind its purpose held, and ev\n\"Conqueror of the Frozen North,\" dedi-\nAnd faithful to thy self-set\nta\ncated to Commander Peary. It was writ-\nwrong\nThou comest-thy laurels earned-\nten by a student, who signs himself \"W.\nSome there may be who ask what tho\nL. I.-0. P. C., '07.\" A copy of the poem\nWhat purpose serves the winning of\nwas sent to Commander Peary, who ac-\nWho always scorned thy valiant fari\nTo those our answer is that thou has\nknowledged its receipt in the following\nAchieved that which thy ever daunt\nletter:\nHad prayed to gain. Hail! Cong\nDepartment of Justice,\nNorth!\nWashington, D. C., Dec. 16, 1910.\nEditor G. Gordon Urguhart,\nThe Penn Charter Magazine,\n8 South 12th st., Philadelphia, Pa.\nMy. Dear Sir: I hope you will pardon me\nfor my delay in acknowledging your\ncourtesy in sending me a copy of your Penn\nCharter Magazine for October, 1910.\nI have been SO crowded with work since\nmy arrival in Washington that I have been\nunable to give proper attention to my cor-\nrespondence.\nPermit me now to express my sincere a.p-\npreciation of your friendly expressions, and\nfor your courtesy in sending me a copy of\nyour very attractive appearing magazine.\nI will also ask you to convey to \"W. L.\nT.\" my indebtedness to him for his stirring\nlines.\nI am taking the liberty of sending you,\nunder separate cover, an autograph like-\nness, which I will ask you to accept with\nmy compliments.\nKindly remember me to your associates\nand colleagues of the Penn Charter School\nand believe me always, very sincerely,\nPEARY.\nThe poem follows:\nCONQUEROR OF THE FROZEN NORTH.\nConqueror of the frozen North! To thee\nBe honor, glory, praise, and last, our\nsong,\nSmall tribute to thy struggle, cruel and\nlong,\nAcross the barriers of an icy sea.\nLong years of toil, long years of constancy\nThy mind its purpose held, and ever strong\nAnd faithful to thy self-set task, through\nwrong\nThou comest-thy laurels earned-tri-\numphantly.\nSome there may be who ask what thou hast\ndone-\nWhat purpose serves the winning of thy"
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