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10/25/10

Breitbart reminded me that:


Today, in 1415, a vastly outnumbered English force under
Henry V annihilated a French Army at Agincourt.

 

And gave William Shakespeare a reason to write the
most powerful dramatic speech in the English language

 

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

Wikipedia