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ee ne ers ele een ne ane oe CEE TPIOw TO BE A TRUE CHAMPION YOU MUST HAVE A HEART THATIS) © CLEAN, A GOAL THAT IS HIGH, A TEMPER OF THE WILL, A VIGOR: . OF THE EMOTIONS, A TEMPERAMENTAL PREDOMINANCE OF COUR-: AGE OVER TIMIDITY, AN APPETITE FOR ADVENTURE OVER THE LOVE OF EASE. i : YOU CANNOT SUBSITUTE WORDS FOR ACTIONS, N OR SEEK THE ‘PATH OF COMFORT, BUT YOU MUST FACE THE STRESS AND SPUR Or DIFFICULTY AND CHALLENGE. a YOU MUST LEARN TO STAND UP TO THE STORM BUT HAVE COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FALL; LEARN TO LAUGH BUT NEVER FORGET HOW TO WEEP; TO BE SERIOUS YET NEVER TAKE YOUR- |. SELF TOO SERIOUSLY; REACH INTO THE FUTURE YET NEVER | NEGLECT THE PAST; BE MODEST SO THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER | THE SIMPLICITY OF TRUE GREATNESS, THE OPEN ‘MIND OF TRUE “WISDOM, THE MEEKNESS OF TRUE STRENGTH. BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE WEAK, AND | BRAVE ENOUGH TO FACE YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID. BE. . PROUD AND UNBENDING IN HONEST FAILURE, BUT HUMBLE AND: GENTLE IN SUCCESS. ALL THIS WILL CREATE IN YOUR HEART THE SENSE or WON- DER, THE UNFAILING HOPE OF WHAT NEXT, AND THE JOY AND INSPIRATION OF LIFE. BY GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR FROM A SPHEOH AT WEST POINT