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“I have never known such a man as he, and never shall again. He overcame me... he poured into my heart such visions, such ideals, such hoped, such a new attitude towards life and patriotism and the meaning of things, as I never dreamed men had... so completely did the personality of this man overcome me that I made no protest and accepted his dictum as my creed. - William Allen White

After being thrown off his horse on a hunt, breaking his arm and smashing his face into a bloodied mess (and he still successfully finished the hunt afterwards), he gets home and pens these words:

"I don't grudge the broken arm a bit... I'm always ready to pay the piper when I've had a good dance; and every now and then I like to drink the wine of life with brandy in it."