ABSTRACT
1THEY possessed such nobility of mind that, if they were captured in I war, they might often have been restored to freedom had they only-A. been willing to offer the very meagrest entreaties, even for life itself. But so great-hearted were they that they did not care a straw for pursuing an existence purchased by request. They spurned life as though it were some tri fling favour, and embraced the death sentence of their own free will.
