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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: of great publicity. The dogs, sledges, machines, camp materials,
and unassembled parts of our five planes were delivered in Boston,
and there our ships were loaded. We were marvelously well-equipped
for our specific purposes, and in all matters pertaining to supplies,
regimen, transportation, and camp construction we profited by
the excellent example of our many recent and exceptionally brilliant
predecessors. It was the unusual number and fame of these predecessors
which made our own expedition - ample though it was - so little
noticed by the world at large.
As the newspapers told, we sailed
from Boston Harbor on September 2nd, 1930, taking a leisurely
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