The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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toncur and conduct. What is fame. Mhen a man
cta liTe thIus traduced to lhis nlearest kiiends But
)o 1more of these childisl Idhelicttions They are
unworth)y of ni sei t m,' office and tl sac l ed cause
i x whicll 1 have enlisted!"
Nay, John,> shak-e them not oIl" said Alie,
un}.conscliousila Itin-, her hand] on his aii' n they
te ats the dew to tI p'tarehed h(rbIget in Inay
t'reshlen the tdelings of your youth, and.softe-n tlhe
heart that iha's "riown hard, i} hard it ben more by
unnllatuntl indluluence than its own l.)asc ijel inam\.ie I)unscoinbc, said the Pilot, approachin. betr wiith solerttn eanestnlss, " I h}avc learnt
mucih this night, thot hl I catite not in quest of such
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kInt e. l( d.You have taug ht mehow poweriful is
the hued of' th slt anderer, and how firailt is} t}he
t: cu It nut x 1 which w.e holld our good inamnes. Full
twenty tiunes have I inet tiln. hireiings of your
prince in open battle, fightiin" evxeci manlfully under
batt lbg wh'ich wNas first aised to thle breeze h.y5
m-y o-wn andtlms. and which, I. th link wy (';od I have
cv c' yet seen l owered a in el h; but wit h no one
act of (ow r dice or pri vate w ronii! in all that se'ri e; ( dt) I rel)proae'h my'elf; aid yet, hlow a t-I,e'wa( ided T'hIe tong(ue of the vile calu:,niiaItor is
keene(r itan, th}e swor()d of the varin'lir, and lcave.s
a more i(deilible scAr!''
Neve have ye uttered a truer sentiment,
Jothn) and (od send that ye may encounrtage such
thoughts to your own eternal advzantae4 " sa1id
A-lie, with engag ing intercst. Yout say }) that yout
have risked your precious lift. in twenty combats,
alld o}bse (.rve ho0w little of [teaven's tfa vour is b)est.owed oln the abettors of' rebellion T'l'Ihey tielt
mie that the world has tnever witnessed a amore d(lc dsperate and bloody struggle:i thanl this last, for whilch