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I. THE SOLDIER'S CREED. »-■ ■ • | "Captain, what do you think?"- ---» I asked, 1 "Of the part your soldiers play?' > But the captain answered, "J. do not think} '. I do not think; I obey.' s j t\Do you think you should i shoot a patriot down, Or help a tyrant slay?" \ But the captain answered, I do > not think; » 1 do not think; I obey." > -" > -" Do you think your conscience _ was made to die, 1 And your brain to rot » away?" But the captain answered, 1 do ! not think; I do not think; I obey." ; "Then if this is your soldier's creed," I. cried. I " You're a mean, unmanly crew; And for all your feathers and I gilt and braid, I a.m-moi-e of a man than you!"" •" For whatever my placo in life may be, And whether I swim or sink, 1 can say with pride, 4 I do, not obey; > Ido not obey; 1 think!' M —Ernest Crosby.