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tives were not those of the visionary and enthusiast who “knows 
nothing and fears nothing,” but of an earnest practical explorer 
whose ambition is to add something to the world’s knowledge of 
the planet on which we live. The literal fidelity of his narrative, 
its freedom from an exaggeration that has too often marred the 
records of previous Arctic explorers, the exact and painstaking 
descriptions, and the careful distinction between what is seen and 
what is inferred, all bear witness to his conscientiousness in the 
search for truth. 
As an important element in the success of Lieut. Lockwood’s ex- 
peditions, due recognition must be given to the cordial, sympathetic 
and able co-operation of Sergeant Brainard. Chosen by Lieut. 
Lockwood to continue the journey to Cape Bryant, when all the 
remainder of the party returned, it was Brainard who pushed 
onward with him over one hundred and fifty miles of that desolate 
coast and reached the farthest north. It was likewise Lockwood 
and Brainard who a year later, in May, 1883, explored the interior 
of Grinnell Land and looked out on the shores of the western polar 
sea. 
But only one of these companions in exploration was destined 
to reach home to receive the honor due to their heroic achieve- 
ments—honor due, but, as yet, awarded neither to the living nor 
the dead. The story of the return is known to all, but perhaps not 
Lieut. Lockwood’s wonderful cheerfulness of spirit through that last 
terrible winter at Cape Sabine with death staring him in the face 
Lieut. Lockwood died on April 9, 1884, “from action of water on 
the heart induced by insufficient nutrition ’’—the official euphemism 
for starvation. This record of indescribable suffering, privation 
and death, following that of two years of heroic endeavor and 
achievement, is a tragedy which appeals to human hearts with a 
force unequalled by any story of fiction or by any drama of the 
stage. 
To Lieut. Lockwood’s achievements are applicable the familiar 
lines of Horace : 
‘‘ Hxegi monumentum aere perennius 
Regalique situ pyramidum altius, 
Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens 
Possit diruere, aut innumerabilis 
Annorum series et fuga temporum.”’ 
Woven into the history of arctic discovery and engraven on our 
