I am just going outside. I may be some time.

 

I am just going outside. I may be some time.
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On Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition, while suffering from frostbite and sheltering from a blizzard, Oates felt he was decreasing his companions' chances of survival. Oates voluntarily left the tent; it was his 32nd birthday. He was never seen again.
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Quoted in R. F. Scott's diary, published as Scott's Last Expedition, ch.20

 

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