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sorry for the delay....
a long while ago a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a descision which insured his success on the battlefield. he was about to send his armies against a powerful foe. whoe men ounumbered his own. he loaded his soldiers into boats, saild to the enemys country, unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them. addressing his men before the first battle, he said, "you see the boats going up in smoke. that means we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! we now have no choice - we win or we perish! " they won.
nope, no mention of cortes, or the aztecs, or the cubans. or the spaniards. the story before that is in regards to Edwin Barnes who worked for edison. and the story after is in regards to the great chicago fire.
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