Epilogue

Don't Wait to Act

The great French Marshal Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow-growing and would not reach maturity for over a hundred years. The marshal replied, “In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon.”

—John F. Kennedy

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