Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry-every man of every nation has done that-'tis the living up to it that's difficult.
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Original Citation
Thackeray, William Makepeace. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1852, bk. 1, ch. 6.
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Current Citation
Thackeray, William Makepeace. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. Penguin Classics, 1970, bk. 1, ch. 6.
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