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`` I declare it unto you , '' said I. `` I have been sent by God to save your soul . I give you your marching orders , for though you are half a madman you are whiles a man . There 's the soul of a leader in you , and I would keep you from the shame of leading men to hell . To-morrow morn you will tell these folk that the Lord has revealed to you a better way , and by noon you will be across the Shenandoah . D'you hear my word ? '' `` Ay , '' he said . `` We will march in the morning . ''