I always felt that Lawrence was an example of the triumph of mind over matter. His physique was almost puny, yet he drove his body by sheer will-power to feats of endurance which other more powerful men physically could not emulate. (T. E. Lawrence)

I always felt that Lawrence was an example of the triumph of mind over matter. His physique was almost puny, yet he drove his body by sheer will-power to feats of endurance which other more powerful men physically could not emulate.

T. E. Lawrence

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