[Ads-l] Request help verifying quotation of polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen

[Jonathan Lighter]

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miraculous we do immediately. The impossible takes a few minutes longer."

JL

On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 5:26 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Poster:       ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Request help verifying quotation of polar explorer
> Fridtjof
>               Nansen
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> A quick note of praise for the comprehensiveness of the Duke
> University library system: Stephen was actually able to examine all
> three requested citations for League of Nations documents in the
> 1920s. Thanks Stephen!
> Garson
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> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:39 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The inquiry about the words spoken by Fridtjof Nansen in 1925 has now
> > been resolved, and the website entry has been updated. Great thanks to
> > Stephen Goranson and the Duke University library system. Stephen was
> > able to examine two of the citations.
> >
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