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But there was also the type of Roman celebrated by Thomas Babington Macaulay in his "Lays of Ancient Rome": "Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 'To every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his gods!'"

"We are all fated to die. And if we must and it must needs be let it be defending the country we love and for the honor of heaven and the memory of our loved ones. Let us now charge and overcome the fearsome enemy who did us an offense so evil it cannot go unanswered and send him straight to the death he hath so richly merited. Thus do we pledge on our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to save the land that is a beacon of hope and freedom that is seen through the night by the light from above and in answer to the enemy's agression we here resolve to never tire, falter or fail as we answer our country's call to come to its rescue." GOD BLESS AMERICA