"There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown."

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For having expressed an opinion, however far-fetched, we straightway become its slave, ready to die defending it, and even ready to believe it. And many continue to be martyrs to causes which have ceased to exist, their crowns rusting upon their heads as tin wreaths rust upon forgotten tombs.

— Paul Eldridge