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“Halt!—who goes there?”
“Death.”
“Advance, Death, and give the countersign.”
“How needless! I care not to enter thy camp to-night. Thou shalt enter mine.”
“What! I a deserter?”
“Nay, a great soldier. Thou shalt overcome all the enemies of mankind.”
“Who are they?”
“Life and the Fear of Death.”