Battle, he said, was "the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base." Everyone was afraid but only the coward let his fear overcome his sense of duty. "We must not only die gallantly; we must kill devastatingly." Victory was the prize and worth everything. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no one - for I am the meanest motherfucker in the valley.