“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
— Norman Schwarzkopf
“The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.”
— Thucydides
Decoration Day
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest
On this Field of the Grounded Arms,
Where foes no more molest,
Nor sentry’s shot alarms!
Ye have slept on the ground before,
And started to your feet
At the cannon’s sudden roar,
Or the drum’s redoubling beat.
But in this camp of Death
No sound your slumber breaks;
Here is no fevered breath,
No wound that bleeds and aches.
All is repose and peace,
Untrampled lies the sod;
The shouts of battle cease,
It is the Truce of God!
Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts of men shall be
As sentinels to keep
Your rest from danger free.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
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No more war. No more attack. No more revenge. We need a peaceful environment to live.
It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
— Norman Schwarzkopf
In years gone by I think it was not uncommon for the king or princes to lead their men into battle. You do not see that much these days.