The nature and consequence of our resistance is captured in a poem written before theGreat War by Sam Walker Foss and recited in the Nebraska statewide oratory contest by the late Ted Sorensen's father.
But if Woods and McIlroy are to become truly great adversaries along the lines of Nicklaus-Tom Watson and Ben Hogan-Sam Snead then they can't afford to become too cosy, according to sports leadership expert Khoi Tu.
"When I saw the photographs and she explained the full story, I knew that it could be of great historical interest and importance, " Sam Tuke of Bonhams in Exeter is quoted as saying.