I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country dem… - Nathan Hale

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I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.

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About Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale (6 June 1755 – 22 September 1776) was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.

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