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If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.

John Jay Chapman's Commencement Address at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, 1900.
If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.