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Beards, Rags And Madmen - And The Art Of Good Soldiering
-- Chris Ryan, The Daily Mail

Winston Churchill once said: ‘The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.’

Our greatest wartime leader was rarely wrong. The ability to carry on when you are almost dead on your feet, to continue to hold your ground when others have faltered, is what, I believe, goes to make up a good soldier.

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