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Letter "F" » field of battle
«A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.»
«I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious»
Author: Vince Lombardi
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Coach)
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Keywords:
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field,
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finest,
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The Field,
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«I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.»
«And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.»
«And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.»
«And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.»
«And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.»
«After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
advantages,
ceremony,
drawing room,
excessive,
exhibits,
field of battle,
noses,
pretension,
rubbing,
shaking,
The Faces
«In the domain of Political Economy, free scientific inquiry meets not merely the same enemies as in all other domains. The peculiar nature of the material it deals with, summons as foes into the field of battle the most violent, mean and malignant passions of the human breast, the Furies of private interest.»
Author: Karl Marx
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Philosopher)
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Keywords:
breast,
deals,
domain,
domains,
field of battle,
foes,
Free Inquiry,
furies,
inquiry,
malignant,
meets,
peculiar,
political economy,
private interest,
summons
«Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an allusion of philosophers and fools.»
Author: William Faulkner
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Novelist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
allusion,
battle,
field,
field of battle,
folly,
fought,
philosophers,
reveals,
The Field,
won