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Sacrifice and grit shape life’s path in history and humor
Essays extol sacrifice as the key to achievement citing Napoleon and Babe Ruth, with poems and anecdotes from Voltaire Caesar Keats Poe and Gypsy Smith. A Texas riot tale and Hamburg paresis study add varied notes on perseverance and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Napoleon
Voltaire
Pope
Caesar
Keats
Poe
Gypsy Smith
John Forsythe
Forsythe
Sir Robert Sidney
Bill McAully
Texas
Texas Rangers
Bull
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Hamburg
Germany
Onone
Weygandt
Hamburg Medical Association