She must be supported in her pain, in her suffering, in her courage." "Well, if you put it that way, there are very few men who would take such an announcement from the Captain calmly." "Perhaps not, my friend.

But if there were room for but few in the boats, who would stay behind and go down with the ship?
Nine out of every ten of the men.

Why?
Not because they are all courageous, I grant you, but because of the horrible conceit that makes them our masters.
Pride and conceit constitute what stands for courage in most men.

The wild animal has no conceit, he has no pride.

Does the male lion rush out to be shot in place of his mate?
He do not.