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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, read more
I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.
