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Corrected galley proofs of "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"
As Churchill describes Henry V's preparations to meet the French at Agincourt, he quotes from Shakespeare's play: "If we are marked to die, we are enough/ To do our country loss; and if to live,/ The fewer men, the greater share of honour." (HENRY V ACT 4, SCENE 3, LINES 23-25) In Churchill's estimation, "Agincourt ranks as the most heroic of all the land battles England has ever fought." |