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    Council Member Mark O'Neill's Avatar
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    Default One from Wellington

    My Lord,
    If I attempted to answer the mass of futile correspondence which surrounds me, I should be debarred from the serious business of campaigning...
    So long as I retain an independent position, I shall see no officer under my command is debarred by attending to the futile driveling of mere quill-driving from attending to his first duty, which is and always has been to train the private men under his command that they may without question beat any force opposed to them in the field.

    - Letter to the Secretary of State for War during the Peninsular Campaign

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    Default Two from a former "Deuce Four" CDR

    "There are plenty of hard working men who are dead, but not many lucky ones, but you know - the harder I work, the luckier I get"

    "There are no lessons learned, only lessons available"

    LTC(R) Darryl D. Schoening 1/24th IN

    Both of those have stuck with me - Semper Paratus. Best, Rob

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