Article note: Oh neat, modern notes for Soul of a New Machine.
It's a little weird in modern times, but a delightful read of the history of the culture.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
— Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”