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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common, quality of human… — Edward Gibbon

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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common, quality of human nature.

Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 26.
Original citation
Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 26.

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