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unhappily, i possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagi nation, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. the unbe lievers an, but a flamboyant phrase. ever y pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and i am sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, rade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule.
but these are some of the things they do. they build your basic character. t hey mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the nation's defense. th ey make you strong enough to knoh to face yo urself in honest f ailure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute e; to learn to stand up in the storm but to have compassion on those oal that is high; to learn to laugh, yet never forget holect the past; to be serious yet never to take yourself too seriously; to be modest so that you reatness, the open mind of true th. they give you a temper of the ination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predom inance of courage over timidity, of an appetite for adventure over love of ease. they create in your heart the sense of hope of entleman.
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