Teddy Roosevelt: “In actual war there can be no greater or more effective heroism than was shown by those who stayed here at their posts…”

“In actual war there can be no greater or more effective heroism than was shown by those who stayed here at their posts; by those who, being away, came back; and by those who, having planned to go away, instantly gave up going away and stayed here to aid in the fight for their fellows in distress.”