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What They Left and What They Kept: What an Antarctic Expedition Can Teach You About What’s Truly Valuable
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Thu, 2013-10-10 23:00
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“No article has any value when measured against our survival,” Shackleton intoned. “Everything is replaceable except your lives.”
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