Pericles’ oration over the Athenian dead. Pericles understood the choice men faced when confronted with death.
“And when the moment came they were minded to resist and suffer, rather than to fly and save their lives; they ran away from the word of dishonour, but on the battlefield their feet stood fast, and in an instant, at the height of their fortune, they passed away from the scene, not of their fear, but of their glory,"
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