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It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebræ which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing—"carry a message to Garcia."

— Elbert Hubbard

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Source: Carry a Message to Garcia, Philistine (March, 1900). (Lieut. Col. Andrew S. Rowan carried the message to Garcia).
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