If we are helpless in the face of some great force of nature, people must be warned in time of the danger which threatens them." "It is clearly the duty of the authorities, Mr.Ward," responded I, "to learn what is going on within there." "True, Strock; but that presents great difficulties.

Everyone reports that it is impossible to scale the precipices of the Great Eyrie and reach its interior.

But has anyone ever attempted it with scientific appliances and under the best conditions?
I doubt it, and believe a resolute attempt may bring success." "Nothing is impossible, Mr.Ward; what we face here is merely a question of expense." "We must not regard expense when we are seeking to reassure an entire population, or to preserve it from a catastrophe.

There is another suggestion I would make to you.

Perhaps this Great Eyrie is not so inaccessible as is supposed.