ultimately this is the right attitude he was killed.  if he was going to be killed anyway, why die there, like a worm in the dirt over nothing? if i died there it would be the same, like a worm in the dirt the proper thing is to die on your feet, before you make the concession he took the chance to survive war. the human thing to do is certainly die for your beliefs but extant humans only believe in pleasure
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