At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft, 1936)

''I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my

advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my

reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic - with its

vast fossil hunt and its wholesale boring and melting of the ancient ice caps. 

And I am the more reluctant because my warning may be in vain.''

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