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If I were asked to define leadership, I should say it is the projection of personality. It is the most intensely personal thing in the world because it is just plain you.

The qualities that distinguish a leader from other men are courage, will power, initiative, and knowledge. If you have not got those qualities you will not make a leader; if you have them, you will.

- Field Marshal Sir William Slim from an address at West Point, circa 1950:

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Today in Military History

October 5



1813:

Death of Tecumseh in Battle of the Thames


1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready)


1866:

The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Always ready


1866:

The Lanark and Renfew Scottish Regiment: Fac et Spera (Do and hope)


1871:

Fenian invasion force capture the Hudsons Bay Company at Pembina Manitoba.


1921:

763 (Ottawa) Communication Regiment (originally 3 Divisional Signals)




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