“I ... had ambition not only to go farther than any one had been before; but as far as it was possible for man to go....”

Captain Cook.

“Det er et svÆrt vejarbejde—oppe i det norlige. Med fjeldovergange—og med de utroligste vanskeligheder at overinde! Å du store, vakkre verden,—hvad det er for en lykke, det, at vÆre vejbygger!”

Lille Eyolf.