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‘‘ Despair, nothing,” roared Hammerstein. 
“I'm looking for the best site for my next 
theatre.” And before long he built another 
theatre and restored his fortunes. He was 
unbeatable. 
As far as I can learn, the secret of Foch 
consisted mainly in two qualities—his studious- 
ness and his aggressive courage. To think and 
to act! Few men combine these two. A 
thoughtful man is apt to be sluggish and a 
courageous man is apt to be rash. But Foch 
was both student and fighter—that is the 
secret of his success. 
When he was a professor in a war college 
he used to tell his pupils : 
‘““ Think, and yet again, think. You will be 
asked some day to be the brain of an army, 
so I tell you to learn to think.” 
Then, when his army was being attacked 
by a superior force of Germans, he sent this 
famous message to Joffre : 
““ 1 cannot hold on, so I shall attack.” 
In the minor matters of generalship there 
were other generals who were superior to Foch. 
But he was the right man for a desperate 
situation. He was at his best when the danger 
was the greatest. He was unbeatable. 
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