“There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Chapter II The Vigor of Life http://www.bartleby.com/55/2.html <br class="br">1910s, Theodore Roosevelt — An Autobiography (1913)

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