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`` You see , the Mexicans think THEY are in the right -- THEY are patriots also , Antonia . '' The sorrowful girl spoke like a puzzled child , fretfully and uncertainly , and Antonia led her silently away . What could she answer ? And when she remembered the dear fugitive , riding alone through the midnight -- riding now for life and liberty -- she could not help the uprising again of that cold benumbing question -- `` Is it worth while ? '' `` All faiths are to their own believers just , For none believe because they will , but must ; The priest continues what the nurse began , And thus the child imposes on the man . '' -- DRYDEN . `` -- if he be called upon to face Some awful moment , to which heaven has joined Great issues good or bad for humankind , Is happy as a lover ; and attired With sudden brightness , like a man inspired ; And through the heat of conflict keeps the law In calmness made ; and sees what he foresaw , Or , if an unexpected call succeed , Come when it will , is equal to the need . ''