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"You know, I'd like to try another lion," Macomber said. "I'm really not afraid of them now. After all, what can they do to you?"
"That's it," said Wilson." Worst one can do is kill you. How does it go? Shakespeare. Damned good. Used to quote it to myself at one time. Let's see. 'By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next.' Damned fine, eh?"
He was very embarrassed, having brought out this thing he had lived by, but he had seen men come of age before and it always moved him. It was not a matter of their twenty-first birthday.
"That's it," said Wilson." Worst one can do is kill you. How does it go? Shakespeare. Damned good. Used to quote it to myself at one time. Let's see. 'By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next.' Damned fine, eh?"
He was very embarrassed, having brought out this thing he had lived by, but he had seen men come of age before and it always moved him. It was not a matter of their twenty-first birthday.