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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday 14 February 2009

Bletchley Park

That's right, the wartime code breaking facility. We had a family day out there today and it was absolutely fascinating, the Churchill memorabilia was particularly special and we did, of course, get to see one of the real Enigma machines. But it was the stories (or should that be truths) behind it that were particularly amazing, and the intelligence of the individuals who were cracking the codes and creating machines that could help is almost beyond belief.
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