Optimism is true moral courage.

Ernest Shackleton

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Ernest Shackleton

Born in 1874 in Ireland, Shackleton was an Antarctic explorer. His ship Endurance was crushed by ice, yet he brought all 28 crew home alive through an epic open-boat voyage, the greatest survival feat in exploration.

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