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e of longing swept over him. Who would care? He had an impulse to put his head down on his arms and give up. "There are no cowards on this ship!" God, he hadn`t
e of longing swept over him. Who would care? He had an impulse to put his head down on his arms and give up.
"There are no cowards on this ship!" God, he hadn`t thought of that for years. His high school English teacher had said it, loudly. It was the punch line of a war story. The teacher had accompanied a couple of his Navy buddies to the bow of their ship; one of them was bragging that he would dive. The captain had come up behind them, asked what they were doing, and then ordered them all to dive. Apparently, it had been a high point of sorts in his teacher`s life
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