Shaw marveled at their courage as they marched "straight up into the shower of bullets, as if it were so much rain; men, who until this year, had lived lives of perfect ease and luxury".
It gives voice to their stories of despair, stigma and social exclusion, as well as to their courage and hope.
Announcing his verdict, Gibson said he believed the officers to be "absolutely blameless", adding: "That finding should be put on their record along with my own commendation as to their courage and determination for bringing the three deceased men to justice, in this case, to the final court of justice".
If Burke had a forward-looking mind, and believed that human nature both required and led to development, he did not think that progress was necessarily an unqualified gain: for instance, in discussing the civilizing of American savages, he saw a diminution of their courage as well as an increase in their moral goodness.
Women can cover the fighting just as well as men, depending on their courage.
Perhaps the nation and future presidents can learn from examples of past presidents' errors as well as from examples of their courage.
From Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" to "Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man,' " now in revival on Broadway, the men who would seize power stand up and grab for it, forcefully, eloquently, with their foibles exposed as boldly as their presumptuous courage -- or else cede it in a fit of righteous sacrifice.
And yet, standing as testimony to their courage and determination was the fact that they had all escaped and had found their way to this safe haven run by World Vision, a Christian relief and development organization.
Above all, we admire their courage as they negotiate streets whose windows carry signs that say "Keep the Water White".
And, just as in The Railway Children (as seen on our TV screens each Christmas in the classic 1970 film), they are presented with engraved watches as a reward for their courage.
