Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

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Born in 1728 to a Yorkshire farm family

Born in 1728 to a Yorkshire farm family, Cook rose from coal-ship sailor to Royal Navy captain. Three Pacific voyages charted Australia, discovered Hawaii, and first penetrated the Antarctic Circle.

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I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

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