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If he had known that Boonda Broke had cultivated his friendship for months, to worm out of him all the secrets of the Residency, there might have been a violent and immediate conclusion to the incident, for the lad was fiery, and he had no fear in his heart; he was combative, high-tempered, and daring.
Mere courage is combative, even pugnacious; but the voyageur fought only "the good fight;" he had no pride of conquest, save in the victories of Faith, and rather would suffer, himself, than inflict suffering upon others.
So the warlike infancy of a Guynemer is like that of a Roland, a Duguesclin, a Bayard, all are ardent hearts with indomitable energy, upright souls developing early, whose passion it was only necessary to control. The youth of Guynemer was like his childhood. As a student of higher mathematics his combative tendencies were not at all changed.
'I tell you I have seen it, said Lord Rupert, waxing combative, and slapping the leg he was nursing with emphasis. 'The last time I went to see Desforêts in Paris the theatre was crammed, and the house theatrically speaking ice.
"Call me a crank, say I'm in a blue funk" his compressed lips and sharp black eyes did not lend themselves much to that hypothesis "only get out of this with that stuff, and take Barker with you! I'm not responsible for myself while it's here." Demorest knew Stacy to be combative, but practical.
But there is in all strong natures the primitive combative instinct, the let-us-see-which-is-the-stronger, which delights in contests, which is undismayed by opposition, and which grows firmer through the warfare of the soul. It is this phase of the Christian life which is most needed to-day, the warrior-spirit, the all-conquering soul.
This he does himself, as a rule, and whatever he may feel under the blows of his adversaries, he does not wince nor whine, but always appears more or less imperturbable, good-humoured, and unscathed. We see him demonstrative, combative, even saucy sometimes on the platform, but rarely or never ruffled, sour, or out of temper. As I have hinted, I heard a good deal of Mr.
Caxton had never set all mankind by the ears with an irritating invention a thousand times more provocative of our combative tendencies than the blast of the trumpet and the gleam of the banner! "Brother," said Mr. Caxton, "will walk with you to the Roman encampment."
He is getting bitter, which is bad, which is dangerous. But men won't see it." It was on my tongue to refute this, to say that everybody had a chance. I could indeed recall many arguments that had been drilled into me; quotations, even, from court decisions. But something prevented me from doing this, something in his manner, which was neither argumentative nor combative.
Half his heart was in it: but the combative division flew to the morning and the deadly iniquity of the marriage, from which he resolved to save her; in pure devotedness, he believed. And so he closed his eyes.
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