Now, here are the facts.

We cannot remain on board this wreck.

We've got to go to work, every man, woman and child of us.

I don't know what can be cultivated on this island, but we've got to find out, and when we find out we've got to begin raising it.

If we don't, my friends, we'll starve to death in a very short time.
And what's more, if we do not get out there and put up houses to live in, we'll freeze to death when winter comes along.
"According to calculations, winter is still five or six months away.