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All thought of foul flight completely forgotten
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and as well trained his heart to be steadfast and endure,
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and with words encourages the man who is stationed besides him.
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Here is a man who proves himself valiant in war.
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With a sudden rush
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he turns to fight the rugged battalions of the enemy
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and sustains the beating wave of assault."
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I don't care about any of those things
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that you read about in the Iliad and the Odyssey,
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all I care about is
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how do you fight when you're in the phalanx?
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If you don't have it there you're nothing.