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I'd like to start today with a short poetry reading. And I quote,

No one is a good warrior who cannot face bloody battle and come to grips with the enemy.

That is manliness. This is the best and finest prize of victory that a young man can win among men.

For that is best for the state and the whole people.

When a man takes a firm stand and abides steadfastly at his post in the forefront without a thought of flight,

prepared to sacrifice his life and blood,

encouraging his comrades at his side. Such a man is a good warrior. If he falls, he is mourned

by young and old, and his fame lives forever. In death, he becomes immortal, and his grave, and his descendants are honored by all.

If he returns victorious, he is honored by young and old, and he goes full of honor through his life and to his grave.

End quote. That is quite a passage.

If I didn't know better, I would have guessed that it was something written for a

Klingon ambassador to say in an episode of Star Trek.

You all know the Klingons, right?

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