There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others


Interpretations of Literature (ed. 1915)

Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill...

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill...

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill...

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill...