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The Mystery of Nature only serves to draw us on. We cannot Resist. But then comes our reward. The deeper we penetrate the higher is our exaltation. Those who pierce farthest into the mystery of Nature enjoy the purst delight. So on and on we have to go - layman and scientist alike. And we shall never stop. The lure is too great.

Francis Younghusband

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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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Francis Younghusband

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Born: May 31, 1863
Died: July 31, 1942 (aged 79)
Bio: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, KCSI KCIE was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer.
Known for:
  1. The Epic Of Mount Everest (1926)
  2. India and Tibet (1910)
  3. The heart of nature
  4. Kashmir, described
  5. Dawn in India (1930)

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