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Quotation from The St Crispin's Day Speech by William Shakespeare
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition;”
The St Crispin's Day Speech, Act 4, Scene 3 (climax of the speech) (First Folio 1623 (Project Gutenberg text))
The climax, in which shared danger makes every soldier the king's brother.
Citation: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition;" — William Shakespeare, The St Crispin's Day Speech, Act 4, Scene 3 (climax of the speech) (First Folio 1623 (Project Gutenberg text)). (id st-crispins-day-speech-q5)
Portrait: Battle of Agincourt, St. Alban's Chronicle by Thomas Walsingham, Unknown illuminator (St Albans Chronicle), Public domain.
