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“Dying in defense of [loyalty, freedom, honesty, hope, and love] is not a failure, but an expression of a life lived to the fullest. It is the affirmation that these virtues are so powerful, so important, that they insist on showing themselves even in (or perhaps especially) in an individual’s last moments.”