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"'Some men there are who go down the dismal wrack of soldiering, surrender themselves, and become faceless. But these had not much face to start with... But there are others who...rise more themselves than they were, because - because they have lost a littleness of vanity and have gained all the gold of the company and the regiment. If you can go down so low, you will be able to rise higher than you can conceive'l