supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the
inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last
generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries,
to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by
ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can
only be effected by an undertaking such as mine.
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