THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
THE UNCONQUERABLE.
A man who has made, a point/of asking tlie peopltU^ftim./-he met what they thought of the attempt to climb Kanchenjunga,, founds that ; nearlypaU wanked the' mo’untiii-n fastnesses-£ta' defeat the invader. • When asked, why, they could give ibno convincing! reason, hut they simply wished Ithese peaks to remain -.Wrtcoilquered. j There are so few places.inoWadays whore man has not proved his mastership that apparently people want the virgin peaks to hold their proud ytiloofness. It is recognised-tliilt effort “will follow effort until, at last sucoess is achieved, hut for the present it seems that people rather'Welcome the.'defeat of the adventurers.- ” Away up there, on the roof of the wo/ld, man? has never trodden, but just'why that ,fact should he a pleasure to "people is. a mystery. It may be that they feel .that if these peaks were climbed che; last-'strong-holds of nature hh'd been conquered-
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1930, Page 4
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150THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1930, Page 4
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