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Thought for the day
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat.
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- 2003 Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
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- Caroline Carleton: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Clement Scott: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Gerald Heard: Glyn Warren Philpot RA (5 October 1884 – 16 December 1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Melvyn Bragg: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Frances Trollope: Auguste Hervieu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Alfred Tennyson: Julia Margaret Cameron / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Rodker: Ms. Camilla Bagg, or relative, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized