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Quotation from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

“He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.”

Stephen Crane (spoken by Narrator)

The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Stephen Crane

Walking among the wounded after his flight, Henry envies men with torn bodies because their wounds prove they stood and fought.

Citation: "He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage." — Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-red-badge-of-courage-q4)

Portrait: TheRedBadgeOfCourage, Stephen Crane, Public domain.

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