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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt (Paris Sorbonne, 1910)
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November 17
1859: The Canadian Grenadier Guards: Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense (Evil be to him who evil thinks)
1887: On this day in 1887, Bernard Law Montgomery, British general and one of the most formidable Allied commanders of the war, as well as one of the most disliked, is born in London.
1914: End of the first Battle of Ypres: stationary warfare now the rule
1951: HILL 227, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 19 Nov 51)
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