The Essays of Montaigne — volume 06
The Essays of Montaigne — volume 06
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And those in turn do the same; they demand of theirprisoners no other ransom, than acknowledgment that they are overcome:but there is not one found in an age, who will not rather choose to diethan make such a confession, or either by word or look recede from theentire grandeur of an invincible courage. There is not a man amongstthem who had not rather be killed and eaten, than so much as to open hismouth to entreat he may not. They use them with all liberality andfreedom, to the end their lives... may be so much the dearer to them; butfrequently entertain them with menaces of their approaching death, of thetorments they are to suffer, of the preparations making in order to it, of the mangling their limbs, and of the feast that is to be made, wheretheir carcass is to be the only dish. All which they do, to no otherend, but only to extort some gentle or submissive word from them, or tofrighten them so as to make them run away, to obtain this advantage thatthey were terrified, and that their constancy was shaken; and indeed, ifrightly taken, it is in this point only that a true victory consists: "Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessor animo quoque subjugat hostes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And those in turn do the same; they demand of theirprisoners no other ransom, than acknowledgment that they are overcome:but there is not one found in an age, who will not rather choose to diethan make such a confession, or either by word or look recede from theentire grandeur of an invincible courage. There is not a man amongstthem who had not rather be killed and eaten, than so much as to open hismouth to entreat he may not. They use them with all liberality andfreedom, to the end their lives... may be so much the dearer to them; butfrequently entertain them with menaces of their approaching death, of thetorments they are to suffer, of the preparations making in order to it, of the mangling their limbs, and of the feast that is to be made, wheretheir carcass is to be the only dish. All which they do, to no otherend, but only to extort some gentle or submissive word from them, or tofrighten them so as to make them run away, to obtain this advantage thatthey were terrified, and that their constancy was shaken; and indeed, ifrightly taken, it is in this point only that a true victory consists: "Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessor animo quoque subjugat hostes.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Montaigne Michel De to read onlineMoreLess
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