I do not mind hardship — only let it be hardship that matters.
動けば雷電の如く、発すれば風雨の如し。
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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