The world will hardly admit of an excuse for a man leaving a coast unexplored he has once discovered.
In prosecuting these discoveries, the dangers we are exposed to are obvious, but I rejoice that we are chosen to confront them.
I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go.
James Cook·1774I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go.
James Cook·1774Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for man to go.
Ibn Battuta·1355I set out alone, having neither fellow-traveller in whose companionship I might find cheer, nor caravan whose party I might join, but swayed by an overmastering impulse within me and a desire long-cherished in my bosom to visit these illustrious sanctuaries.
