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It cannot be altered by human conceit or solidarity, and at the end you will be on your knees, in shock and amazement, and then you’ll have only one sword, one shield, one great thing to carry you through.” Alessandro waited to hear what that was, but his father would not say. “If you don’t discover it yourself, it will be nothing more than an exhortation from me.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis poignant passage is likely from Mark Helprin's novel, *A Soldier of the Great War*, published in 1991. At that time, Helprin was grappling with his own mortality and the weight of his experiences as a soldier. The narrative voice of Alessandro echoes the author's introspection on the inevitability of death.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe hidden insight lies in the tension between accepting the uncontrollable nature of mortality and discovering one's inner strength to cope with it. 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