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Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honourable by being necessary.

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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

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I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.

Nathan Hale

Born: June 6, 1755

Died: September 22, 1776 (aged 21)

Bio: Nathan Hale was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.

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