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| | Ultima Thule |
 | | Unfailingly high-minded, Malaurie pulls no punches when criticizing the actions or attitudes of his subjects, lambasting cowardice, prejudice, or meanspiritedness wherever it is found. |
 | | At the same time, he is unstintingly generous in praise of courage, loyalty, and vision, often in the same people he has criticized (Isaac Israel Hayes, for instance, is both "courageous and inspired", with "the true temperament of a leader", and "shameful" and "disloyal" for his actions during the Kane expedition). |
 | | Malauries patent openness and fairness, never failing to give credit where it is due, makes his judgements utterly free of rancour or cynicism. |
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