When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Him

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Bob Dignan
Bob Dignan
Thursday, March 13, AD 2025 6:24am

Concur. I used to pass this marker on my way home from school. Sam Whittemore’s story is even better than the information on the marker conveys.

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Thursday, March 13, AD 2025 7:34am

Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything—you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein.

And in the case of Samuel Wittemore, they couldn’t even kill him.

Lead kindly light
Lead kindly light
Thursday, March 13, AD 2025 7:42am

Reminds me of John Burns.

The Bruised Optimist
The Bruised Optimist
Thursday, March 13, AD 2025 4:29pm

Cool 😎

Means I still have a couple decades of chances to be a total badass!

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