We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipl…

Ernest Hemingway
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We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it. ✨ Treasury of the Free World. Book by Ben Raeburn, 1946.
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We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it. ✨ Treasury of the Free World. Book by Ben Raeburn, 1946.

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