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  2. Pascal's wager - Wikipedia

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    The wise decision is to wager that God exists, since "If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing", meaning one can gain eternal life if God exists, but if not, one will be no worse off in death than if one had not believed. On the other hand, if you bet against God, win or lose, you either gain nothing or lose everything.

  3. George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army - Wikipedia

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    That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. The very thought of losing is hateful to America. Battle is the most significant competition in which a man can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base. You are not all going to die. Only two percent of you right here today would be killed in a major ...

  4. 1862 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The world knows we do know how to save it. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail.

  5. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    "I would never have married had I known that my time would be so brief. If I had known that, I would not have taken upon myself double tears." [8] — Alexis of Russia, Russian Tsar (8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1676) "I have seen the glories of the world." [8] [34]: 51 — Isaac Barrow, English Christian theologian and mathematician (4 May 1677)

  6. Peace for our time - Wikipedia

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    The phrase echoed Benjamin Disraeli, who, upon returning from the Congress of Berlin in 1878, had stated, "Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace — but a peace I hope with honour." The phrase is primarily remembered for its bitter ironic value since less than a year after the agreement, Germany's invasion of Poland began World ...

  7. We lost to 'cowards,' US keeper Hope Solo says

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    U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo called Sweden "a bunch of cowards" after they knocked the U.S. out of the Olympics on penalties on Friday.

  8. The 35 best movies to see before you die – from Raiders of ...

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    Before Midnight (2013). Céline (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) have settled down since the two earlier films in Richard Linklater’s essential triptych, Before Sunrise (1995) and Before ...

  9. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs - Wikipedia

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    And with the rising of the sun, a new day was not only thought to have begun, but a new life as well. [23] Boat passages to the underworld were strictly reserved for pharaohs who had died. The Egyptian sun god, Ra, was believed to travel to the underworld by boat as the sun set. As a way to mimic Ra's daily expedition, the ancient people of ...