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As I was leaving
my hotel this morning,
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the doorman asked me,
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"Where are you
bound for, sir?"
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When I replied,
"West Point,"
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he remarked,
"It's a beautiful place.
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Have you ever
been there before?"
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Duty, Honor, Country.
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Those three hallowed words
reverently dictate...
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what you ought to be,
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what you can be...
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and what you will be.
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They are your
rallying points.
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They give you
a temper of the will,
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a quality of
the imagination,
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a vigor of
the emotions,
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a freshness of
the deep springs of life,
:03:05
a temperamental predominance
of courage over timidity,
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an appetite
for adventure...
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over love of ease.
:03:15
In this way, they will teach you
to be an officer...
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and a gentleman.
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From your ranks come the great
captains who will hold...
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the nation's destiny
in their hands...
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the moment
the war tocsin sounds.
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The Long Gray Line...
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has never failed us.
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Were you to do so,
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a million ghosts
in olive drab...
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and brown khaki,
in blue and gray...
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would rise from
their white crosses...
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thundering
those magic words:
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Duty, Honor, Country!
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This does not mean
that you are warmongers.