Хребти божевілля
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Lake’sreportsofthosebiologicalmonstrositieshadarousednaturalistsandpaleontologiststothehighestpitch,thoughweweresensibleenoughnottoshowthedetachedpartswehadtakenfromtheactualburiedspecimens,orourphotographsofthosespecimensastheywerefound. Wealsorefrainedfromshowingthemorepuzzlingofthescarredbonesandgreenishsoapstones;whileDanforthandIhavecloselyguardedthepictureswetookordrewonthesuperplateauacrosstherange,andthecrumpledthingswesmoothed,studiedinterror,andbroughtawayinourpockets.
ButnowthatStarkweather–Moorepartyisorganizing,andwithathoroughnessfarbeyondanythingouroutfitattempted. Ifnotdissuaded,theywillgettotheinnermostnucleusoftheantarcticandmeltandboretilltheybringupthatwhichweknowmayendtheworld. SoImustbreakthroughallreticencesatlast—evenaboutthatultimate,namelessthingbeyondthemountainsofmadness.
