Quote#Death
He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it…
Quote byStephen Crane · 1871–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Ch. 24.
English (original)
He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it was but the great death. He was a man.
— Stephen Crane
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