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  • Today is Saint Crispins Day

    10/25/2010 4:54:12 PM PDT · by Timocrat · 24 replies
    Henry V | Shakespeare
    Enter the KING WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day! KING. What's he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such...
  • "We Few, We Happy Few, We Band Of Brothers": In Honor Of Messrs. John Howard And Tony Blair

    03/24/2003 11:15:15 AM PST · by mrustow · 32 replies · 1,046+ views
    Toogood Reports ^ | 24 March 2003 | Nicholas Stix
    Toogood Reports [Monday, March 24, 2003; 12:01 a.m. EST]URL: http://ToogoodReports.com/ We do not stand alone. Contrary to the story suggested by much of the world's elite media, our boys do not fight alone. It is true, however, that our military allies are few. And thank G-d for that! On the eve of battle, Lt. Colonel Tim Collins, commander of the 1st Battalion of The Royal Irish, addressed his men on the Kuwait-Iraqi border. The London Times' Sarah Oliver reported,"Wearing his kukri, the Gurkha blade that he is entitled to carry as a Gurkha commander, Colonel Collins spoke to his 800...
  • The Feast of St. Crispian (Vanity)

    03/19/2003 3:59:15 PM PST · by section9 · 33 replies · 882+ views
    The Life of Henry V, Act Four, Scene III ^ | March 19, 2003 | William Shakespeare
    WESTMORELAND O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day! KING HENRY V What's he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin: If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such...