It is all right to be afraid. One cannot be brave without fear. Those young fools who love danger and feel no fear are only fools. Courage comes when we recognize our fear, face it, and hurl ourselves into the battle. I think of Captain Ahab, in Moby Dick, who said he wanted no men on his ship who were not afraid of the whale—which means that he didn’t want any fools around him. The line between courage and foolhardiness is narrow.
