Shackleton's Speech

I say to you

The future is lost without Hope.

Without Belief we are stranded

At this place

At the end of the world,

An Elephant Island

Where there is no mercy,

No relief

From Nature’s forces

That carelessly hurl their wrath

Across this vast horizon

As deserted as this empty page.

I say to you

Trust these invisible allies.

Venture into a mad ocean,

As unforgiving as Life itself,

Even though we possess nothing

Except a thimble full of luck.

Make for a refuge

Close as memory

Yet distant as Georgia Island

Even if we locate a safe harbor

This is but temporary.

We must press on

For there is no time to linger

Like emperor penguins.

Those that wait

Depend upon us.

We must place

One foot in front of the other

One word in front of the other

I say to you

If we make it

Across this hostile landscape

Know Hope and Belief

Were always there without judgment,

Even though we could not see them,

Along this journey that will define us

Towards the outpost that will give us rescue

And the Endurance that will give us reason.

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Shackleton's Speech