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I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

Edith Cavell
Shrinking, Strange, No Fear
Edith Cavell's last statements prior to her execution (October 11, 1915), as reported in an account by Reverend H. Stirling Gahan in "Source Records of the Great War, Volume III" edited by Charles F. Horne, www.firstworldwar.com. 1923.
I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.