Tuesday, June 14, 2011

There are many noble triumphs which no eye sees...

There are many noble triumphs which no eye sees, which no renown rewards, and which no band of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty are battlefields which have their own heroes- sometimes obscure heroes who are greater than those who become famous.

- Albert Pike, "Morals and Dogma" (1871)

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