レッスン１１

　通勤途上で、黙読しただけでは、意味が取れなかったが、こうして、机に座って、入力してみると、イメージが浮かんだ。
　なんとか、仕舞いまで、やった。あとは、明日からの通勤の時間で、何度も黙読して、意味を浮かべられるようにしたい。

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"We are weak, writing is diffcult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey,which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardship, help one another and meet death with a great fortitude.
"But even if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise,I appeal to our country to see to it that(するように計らう） those who depend on us are properly cared for. If we were to be saved , there would be a heroic tale to tell of the enddurance and courage of my companions which would stir the heart of every Englishman.
These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."
Eight months later a search party found that silent tent.
They were there as they had died.
Scott's arm was outstretched to touch his friend Wilson. The diary and letters were by his side; there was no food whatever, but on the sledges outside were still the rocks and other objects,weighing 35 lbs., whitch they had brought back from the Pole for scientific study．In that last painful march they had not forgotten that they were scientists as well as explorers.
The body of Oates was never found. But somewhere near the place where he made his sacrifice they put up a heap of stones with the words:
"Hereabout died a very gallant gentleman, Captain Lawrence Oates, who ,on the return journey from the Pole in March ,1912, willingly walked to his death in a blizzard to try to save his companions."