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CHAPTER PAGE 
I. "THERE ARE HEROISMS ALL ROUND US" 
II. "TRY YOUR LUCK WITH PROFESSOR CHALLENGER" 12 
III. "HE IS A PERFECTLY IMPOSSIBLE PERSON" 22 
IV. "IT'S JUST THE VERY BIGGEST THING IN THE WORLD" 33 
V. "QUESTION!" 56 
VI. "I WAS THE FLAIL OF THE LORD" 75 
VII. "TO-MORROW WE DISAPPEAR INTO THE UNKNOWN" 89 
VIII. "THE OUTLYING PICKETS OF THE NEW WORLD" 103 
IX. "WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN IT? 121 
X. "THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED" 154 
XI. "FOR ONCE I WAS THE HERO" 174 
XII. "IT WAS DREADFUL IN THE FOREST" 197 
XIII. "A SIGHT I SHALL NEVER FORGET" 218 
XIV. "THOSE WERE THE REAL CONQUESTS" 239 
XV. "OUR EYES HAVE SEEN GREAT WONDERS" 260 
XVI. "A PROCESSION! A PROCESSION!" 284