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integrity and ability, the reputations of the dead had no defense
except in the honesty and discretion of Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]. Under those cir-
cumstances he did and said the following things, among others:
Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] erased certain paragraphs of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight's]] diary (the
only diary) so thoroughly that all but one of the erasures have so
far remained undeciphered. He then said to several people in [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]],
[[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]], [[New York (N.Y.)|New York]] and doubtless elsewhere that he had erased these
paragraphs because they contained evidence disgraceful to [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] him-
self and to the other men. He must have known that these statements
of his would circulate widely, as they have done, and that those
who heard them would imagine all sorts of disgusting things, each
according to his bent. But on the assumption that the paragraphs
which Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] erased were in tenor similar to the ones he tore out
and has since been forced to return, we now know with fair certainty
that the erased paragraphs originally showed nothing worse than
what might be called a "mid-Victorian" or perhaps a "puritanical"
attitude of the four men towards the one woman in their carefulness
to avoid alike improprieties and the appearance of any.
Repeatedly speaking of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Lorne Knight]] as his "trail mate"
and "pal," Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] gives in the newspaper story constantly the
impression that he is trying to minimize and hide the incompetence
of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] and his companions. But forgetting this benevolent
reticence now and then, he refers to [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Lorne Knight]] in one place as
"human driftwood" and says in another place that [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] "did not
have the mental equipment" to enable him to look after himself or
to be helpful in saving others. These would be hard words to use
of a dead man, even if they had been as true as they are false -
and especially ungenerous words to use while exploiting and with-
holding from others that man's only written record. 156-G integrity and ability, the reputations of the dead had no defense Mr. Noice erased certain paragraphs of Knight's diary (the Repeatedly speaking of Lorne Knight as his "trail mate" stefansson-wrangel-09-28-067156-G
integrity and ability, the reputations of the dead had no defense
except in the honesty and discretion of Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]]. Under those cir-
cumstances he did and said the following things, among others:
Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] erased certain paragraphs of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight's]] diary (the
only diary) so thoroughly that all but one of the erasures have so
far remained undeciphered. He then said to several people in [[Nome (Alaska)|Nome]],
[[Toronto (Ont.)|Toronto]], [[New York (N.Y.)|New York]] and doubtless elsewhere that he had erased these
paragraphs because they contained evidence disgraceful to [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] him-
self and to the other men. He must have known that these statements
of his would circulate widely, as they have done, and that those
who heard them would imagine all sorts of disgusting things, each
according to his bent. But on the assumption that the paragraphs
which Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] erased were in tenor similar to the ones he tore out
and has since been forced to return, we now know with fair certainty
that the erased paragraphs originally showed nothing worse than
what might be called a "mid-Victorian" or perhaps a "puritanical"
attitude of the four men towards the one woman in their carefulness
to avoid alike improprieties and the appearance of any.
Repeatedly speaking of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Lorne Knight]] as his "trail mate"
and "pal," Mr. [[Noice, Harold|Noice]] gives in the newspaper story constantly the
impression that he is trying to minimize and hide the incompetence
of [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] and his companions. But forgetting this benevolent
reticence now and then, he refers to [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Lorne Knight]] in one place as
"human driftwood" and says in another place that [[Knight, Errol Lorne, 1893-1923|Knight]] "did not
have the mental equipment" to enable him to look after himself or
to be helpful in saving others. These would be hard words to use
of a dead man, even if they had been as true as they are false -
and especially ungenerous words to use while exploiting and with-
holding from others that man's only written record.156-G integrity and ability, the reputations of the dead had no defense Mr. Noice erased certain paragraphs of Knight's diary (the Repeatedly speaking of Lorne Knight as his "trail mate" |
