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1 " The political entanglement which encompassed me on all sides in Tibet rendered it difficult for me to make geographical discoveries, but it stimulated my ambition. Therefore I remember with particular warmth and sympathy all those who, in virtue of their temporary power in the world, sought to raise obstacles in my way. "
― Sven Hedin , Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet: Vol. 2
2 " I often heard this melodious hymn again in days of hardship, and it always affected me painfully. Not as the reproachful warning clang of church bells ringing for service, when I pass a church door without going in, but because the men sang the hymn only when they were out of spirits and considered our position desperate. It seemed as though they would remind me that defeat awaited me, and that this time I had aimed too high. "
3 " I was swept away by the irresistible desiderium incognitti which breaks down all obstacles and refuses to recognise the impossible "
― Sven Hedin , My Life as an Explorer
4 " Through the clouds of smoke I seemed to see all old Asia before me, and the adventures of past years behind me. A carnival of old camp-scenes danced before my mind’s eye, expiring like shooting-stars in the night—merry songs which came to an end among other mountains and the dying sound of strings and flutes. And I was surprised that I had not had enough of these things and that I was not tired of the light of camp-fires. "
5 " This war will go down in history as President Roosevelt’s war. "
― Sven Hedin , Amerika im Kampf der Kontinente
6 " In exchange for all the good America has received from Europe, they are flooding not only us but the whole world with a torrent of barbarism and culture in the press, sensational literature, film, jazz and other bad inventions, destined to plague the air around us, to ruin taste, common sense and morality and draw young people away from the high non-profit values, which form the only foundation on which a bright and happy future can be built. "
― Sven Hedin
