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to his avidity.

Many other examples may be brought of this sort of courage, the Veteran is bold, because a long habitude of peril Wherein he has continuosly escap'd removes the idea of danger; a Victorious Soldier marches up to an Enemy with intrepidity hoping from past experience to meet with small resistence, & little danger; we have seen Men very brave with the sword, & quite the reverse with the pistol; let a soldier who has long defy'd death in the field, be aboard a Ship in a Storm, he trembles for his life, because he sees death for the first time before his eyes.

From all this we may affirm that courage is rarely founded on a real contempt for death, but proceeds for