:03:01
a freshness of
the deep springs of life,
:03:05
a temperamental predominance
of courage over timidity,
:03:09
an appetite
for adventure...
:03:12
over love of ease.
:03:15
In this way, they will teach you
to be an officer...
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and a gentleman.
:03:21
From your ranks come the great
captains who will hold...
:03:26
the nation's destiny
in their hands...
:03:29
the moment
the war tocsin sounds.
:03:33
The Long Gray Line...
:03:36
has never failed us.
:03:39
Were you to do so,
:03:41
a million ghosts
in olive drab...
:03:45
and brown khaki,
in blue and gray...
:03:48
would rise from
their white crosses...
:03:51
thundering
those magic words:
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Duty, Honor, Country!
:03:59
This does not mean
that you are warmongers.
:04:02
On the contrary, the soldier,
above all other people,
:04:06
prays for peace,
:04:08
for he must suffer
and bear...
:04:11
the deepest wounds
and scars of war.
:04:16
But always in our minds
ring the ominous words of Plato:
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"Only the dead...
:04:26
have seen the end of war. "