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Robert Falcon Scott Strikes-Through His Journal Coming Back from the Pole
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24 Robert Falcon Scott Strikes-Through His Journal Coming Back from the Pole His friends called him Con; the men, The Owner. At Scott’s memorial service even the King prayed. They all wrote then—letters, plays, diaries—even the scabs and pickets. Even Capt Scott dead in his tent kindly numbered his journals, and, inside the front cover of No. 3, wrote this: Diary can be read by finder to ensure recording of Records, &c., but Diary should be sent to my widow. And on the first page: Send this diary to my wife widow. R. SCOTT. ...