Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his … - Louis Simpson

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Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.

Louis Simpson

Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it. In general, it means lying face down and contracting your body into as small a space as possible.

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The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

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All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

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Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

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