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twentieth century so brilliantly are scattered, and the men 
of science and officers who have linked names with them 
have turned to other occupations, there is no immediate 
reason for hurry in resuming the work. It would not be 
wise in the circumstances to dispatch a new scientific ex- 
pedition before 1909 ; unless merely of the nature 
of a reconnaissance, but the preparations may begin as 
soon as some original-minded millionaire discovers that 
money can be put to good use in securing the doing of 
deeds that would build himself an everlasting name and 
produce books full of the stir and achievement of a new 
era of effort and progress greater than any in the past. 
