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Quotation from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
“He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it was but the great death. He was a man.”
The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter XXIV (Project Gutenberg text)
Marching away from the battle, Henry decides that he has passed through his ordeal and no longer fears death.
Citation: "He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it was but the great death. He was a man." — Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter XXIV (Project Gutenberg text). (id the-red-badge-of-courage-q7)
Portrait: TheRedBadgeOfCourage, Stephen Crane, Public domain.
