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[A]s I am pretty well acquainted by great Opportunities with the Nature of Man, and know of a Truth, that all Men fight against their Will, the Danger vanishes, and Resolution rises upon this Subject. For this Reason I shall talk very freely on a Custom which all Men wish exploded, tho' no Man has Courage enough to resist it.

Richard Steele

Richard Steele (1672–1729), British author. The Tatler, No. 25 (1709).

In an essay on duelling.

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