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To this rough, though admittedly just, flood of eloquence, we replied with some irritation, interrupting each other continually in so doing: "In the first place, you are mistaken concerning the main point; for we are not here to fight a duel at all; but rather to practise pistol shooting. TO THIS ROUGH THOUGH ADMITTEDLY JUST FLOOD OF ELOQUENCE WE REPLIED WITH SOME IRRITATION INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER CONTINUALLY IN DOING SO IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE MISTAKEN CONCERNING THE MAIN POINT FOR WE ARE NOT HERE TO FIGHT A DUEL AT ALL BUT RATHER TO PRACTISE PISTOL SHOOTING
 whose youthful spirits, at the cost of enormous pains, have been flooded with the light of the sages and heroes of antiquity,--can you not refrain from making the code of knightly honour--that is to say, the code of folly and brutality--the guiding principle of your conduct?--Examine it rationally once and for all, and reduce it to plain terms; lay its pitiable narrowness bare, and let it be the touchstone, not of your hearts but of your minds. If you do not regret it then, it will merely show that your head is not fitted for work in a sphere where great gifts of discrimination are needful in order to burst the bonds of prejudice, and where a well-balanced understanding is necessary for the purpose of distinguishing right from wrong, even when the difference between them lies deeply hidden and is not, as in this case, so ridiculously obvious. In that case, therefore, my lads, try to go through life in some other honourable manner; join the army or learn a handicraft that pays its way. BY THE WISDOM OF GREECE AND ROME AND WHOSE YOUTHFUL SPIRITS AT THE COST OF ENORMOUS PAINS HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH THE LIGHT OF THE SAGES AND HEROES OF ANTIQUITY CAN YOU NOT REFRAIN FROM MAKING THE COAT OF KNIGHTLY HONOUR THAT IS TO SAY THE COAT OF FOLLY AND BRUTALITY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF YOUR CONDUCT EXAMINE IT RATIONALLY ONCE AND FOR ALL AND REDUCE IT TO PLAIN TERMS LAY ITS PITIABLE NARROWNESS BEAR AND LET IT BE THE TOUCHSTONE NOT OF YOUR HEARTS BUT OF YOUR MINDS IF YOU DO NOT REGRET IT THEN IT WILL MERELY SHOW THAT YOUR HEAD IS NOT FITTED FOR WORK IN A SPHERE WHERE GREAT GIFTS OF DISCRIMINATION ARE NEEDFUL IN ORDER TO BURST THE BONDS OF PREJUDICE AND WHERE A WELL BALANCED UNDERSTANDING IS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTINGUISHING RIGHT FROM WRONG EVEN WHEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM LIES DEEPLY HIDDEN IS NOT IN THIS CASE SO RIDICULOUSLY OBVIOUS IN THAT CASE THEREFORE MY LADS TRY TO GO THROUGH LIFE IN SOME OTHER HONORABLE MANNER JOIN THE ARMY LEARN A HANDICRAFT THAT PAYS ITS WAY
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