Years□asse□,an□Marcus'sd□edsbecameth□s□uf□of□egend□Hisn□me□a□s□□k□nwithr□verence,his□□lestold□n□retoldtoea□ere□□s□□oungwar□ior□aspir□dtob□likeMarcus□toembo□ythe□amec□urageandhonorthat□ehadd□splay□do□thebattlefield□ThoughMarcushadlong□i□ce□□ssedintothe□eal□of□ytha□dlegend,hisl□gacyliv□don,ashiningbeaconof□opeandinspira□ionforgen□ration□□ocome. □□arspassed,andMarcus□sdeeds□ecameth□stuffofle□□nd.Hisnamewa□spokenwi□hreveren□e,his□□lesto□dandre□□ldtoeagerears□Yo□ng□arr□orsaspiredtobelikeMarcus,□o□mbodythesamecourag□andhonorthatheha□displayedont□e□attlefiel□□T□o□□hMarcu□hadlongsincepasse□□n□otherea□m□f□yt□and□egend,his□egac□livedon,ashini□gbeaconofhopeandin□pi□atio□for□enerationsto□□m□.□/p> Yearspass□d□and□a□cus□s□eed□□ecame□hest□ffoflegend□Hisn□mewasspokenwi□hreve□ence,hist□lesto□d□□dretold□oeager□ars.□oungwarriorsaspir□d□o□el□keMarcus,t□e□bodythe□a□ecou□a□eandhono□thathehaddi□playedonthebat□lefield□□ho□ghMarcushadlongsincep□ssedintothere□□mof□yt□□ndleg□nd□hislegacylivedon,ashin□ngbea□onofho□ean□inspi□□ti□nforgen□rationstocome.<□p□ □earsp□s□e□,a□dMarcus'□□eed□beca□ethe□□uffofle□end.H□snamewa□spok□□wi□hreverence,histal□stol□andre□old□oea□erears.□oungw□r□io□saspired□obelikeMarcus,toembodythesamec□u□ag□andhonorthat□ehad□□sp□ayedontheb□tt□efield.□houghMa□c□sha□longsinc□□ass□dint□□h□realmofmy□handlegend,his□□gac□livedon,a□hini□gb□aconofhop□□□dinspiratio□fo□□enera□□onstocome. Ye□rspasse□,a□dMarcus'sde□ds□eca□ethestuff□flegend□Hisnamew□ss□okenwith□ever□nce,hist□les□ol□andretoldtoeagerears.Yo□n□warriorsaspiredto□elikeMarcus,t□embod□the□am□□ou□ageandhonortha□heha□displayedon□hebat□lefield.Th□ughMarc□shadlongsince□asse□int□therealmofmythan□le□en□,hisle□acy□iv□don,ashini□g□eacono□h□peandi□spiration□orgeneratio□s□o□om□.□/p><□>□earspa□sed,andMarcus's□eedsbecamethestuffo□□e□end.His□amewasspo□enwithr□verence,histal□s□oldandretoldtoeagerear□.Youngwarri□□sas□iredtobe□ikeMar□us,toembodythesamecourageandho□□□thatheha□di□□□ayedonthe□attl□field.Though□a□cushadlo□g□ince□assedin□othe□ealmofmythandleg□□d□hisl□g□cy□ived□n,ashiningbe□c□nofhop□andinspi□ationforge□erationstocome.