Henry Cabot Lodge: “In the very moment of the highest personal glory, the only thought is…”

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In the very moment of the highest personal glory, the only thought is of the work which he has to do.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Lodge reflects on the nature of personal glory and duty in leadership.

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His country asked the sacrifice and he gave it with solemn pride and uncomplaining lips.

No man ever prized sentiment or hated sentimentality more than he.

His ideal of public service was to be found in his life, and as his life drew to its close he had to meet his ideal of sacrifice face to face.

He was also--and this is very revealing and explanatory, too, of his vast popularity--a man of ideals.

Henry Cabot Lodge: “In the very moment of the highest personal glory, the only thought is of the work which he has to do.”