Establish your purpose, and make it the source of all things.
苦しいという言葉だけは、どんなことがあっても言わないでおこう。
Military Strategists
Takasugi Shinsaku
The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule (1839-1867). Takasugi Shinsaku proved that a small force of committed irregulars could defeat a conventional army, then died of tuberculosis at 27 — leaving his revolution for others to complete.
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