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In this manner he died, and his own death left behind a most noble and memorable example of virtue not only for the youth but also for the majority of his nation.
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Those who had shown goodwill toward him earlier now felt hostility toward him, because the words he had spoken seemed insane to them.
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When his life was about to end from the beating, he groaned, "It is clear to the Lord with his sacred knowledge that, although I could have been saved from death, I endure in my body harsh pain from this beating, yet in my soul I cheerfully suffer these things because I respect him."
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In this manner he died, and his own death left behind a most noble and memorable example of virtue not only for the youth but also for the majority of his nation.