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71: Cicero's "On Doody" [sic], Book I

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Invincible Spirit

I think it's not like a robot, doesn't it? No, I don't think so. I think it's somebody that is definitely going to be in tune and be able to interact with a world of unknowns. So if you, I've been reading Shelby Foote's history of the Civil War and taken with the character of Ulysses S. Grant, at least as a general. He's just got this, almost this indifference to the disaster that happens in front of you. And then also a not taking too seriously the victory. This, the nothing is ever really as good or really as bad as you think it is kind of a healthy one.

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