Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.
