Then out spake brave Horatius, ? ? ? ? ? The Captain of the Gate: ? ? ?“To every man upon this earth ? ? ? ? ? Death cometh soon or late. ?? ? And how can man die better ? ? ? ? ? Than facing fearful odds, ?? ? For the ashes of his fathers, ? ? ? ? ? And the temples of his gods?” —from “Horatius” (Lays of Ancient Rome?by Thomas Babington Macaulay)