Twenty-five centuries ago, after the Greeks shattered the Persian army at Marathon, brave Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens with the news. Robert Browning’s poem tells the tale:
“Rejoice, we conquer!” Like wine thro’ clay
Joy in his blood bursting his heart, he died — the bliss!
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