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Old 09-14-2011, 11:02   #36
1stindoor
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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen View Post
What I took from the article:
Men who've been tested by violence understand the importance of decisiveness.

Teddy Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" comes to mind.
Nice addition to the discussion.

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...who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
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