Invictus
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"Invictus" is a short poem by English poet William Ernest Henley. Henley wrote it in 1875, and in 1888 he published it in his first volume of poems, Book of Verses, in the section titled "Life and Dea
Portrait of William Ernest Henley by Leslie Ward, published in Vanity Fair, 26 November 1892.
William Ernest Henley (terminus ante quem 1903)
Arthur Quiller-Couch, the editor who came up with the title, "Invictus"
Citizenship in a Republic
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Citizenship in a Republic is a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910.
Invictus
…captain of the national South African rugby team, for inspiration during the Rugby World Cup—though at the actual event he gave Pienaar a text of "The Man in the Arena" passage from Theodore Roosevelt's Citizenship in a Republic speech delivered in France in 1910. The Invictus Games were founded by Prince Harry, the…
Theodore Roosevelt watching Dubonnet fly to Issy on Tellier plane in France, three days after his speech
Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Portrait