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In every danger there is a choice, and a choice made under the influence of a sense of duty is courage, but a choice made under the influence of a base motive is cowardice. Therefore, a man who risks his life from vanity, curiosity, or greed, cannot be brave; while on the other hand he who avoids danger from honest consideration for his family, or simply from conviction, cannot be called a coward.

What is courage — the quality respected in all ages and among all nations? Why is this quality — contrary to all others — sometimes met with in vicious men?

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