Word: obloquy
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Dates: during 1904-1904
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...able commander action is necessary as well as thought, together with a spirit of boldness and audacity which dares to hazard on its own ability the lives of a nation, and to brave misrepresentation and obloquy. Furthermore, the leader should possess sympathies so democratic, that, while above his followers, he may yet understand them and be one of them. True leaders are not cynics, but men who can aid and evoke in others bidden powers and hidden good...