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1 In a defeat there would be a roundabout vindication of himself.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11
2 A defeat of the army had suggested itself to him as a means of escape from the consequences of his fall.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11
3 He was not cast down by this defeat of his plan, for, upon studying the affair carefully, he could not but admit that the objections were very formidable.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11
4 From this present view point he was enabled to look upon them in spectator fashion and criticise them with some correctness, for his new condition had already defeated certain sympathies.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 24
5 When he perceived again that it was not possible for the army to be defeated, he tried to bethink him of a fine tale which he could take back to his regiment, and with it turn the expected shafts of derision.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11
6 He told himself that, despite his unprecedented suffering, he had never lost his greed for a victory, yet, he said, in a half-apologetic manner to his conscience, he could not but know that a defeat for the army this time might mean many favorable things for him.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11
7 When he had stood in the doorway with his soldier's clothes on his back, and with the light of excitement and expectancy in his eyes almost defeating the glow of regret for the home bonds, he had seen two tears leaving their trails on his mother's scarred cheeks.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 1
8 He said, as if in excuse for this hope, that previously the army had encountered great defeats and in a few months had shaken off all blood and tradition of them, emerging as bright and valiant as a new one; thrusting out of sight the memory of disaster, and appearing with the valor and confidence of unconquered legions.
The Red Badge of CourageBy Stephen Crane ContextHighlight In Chapter 11