{"id":452,"date":"2021-06-21T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=452"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:30:08","slug":"if-we-must-die","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/if-we-must-die\/","title":{"raw":"If We Must Die","rendered":"If We Must Die"},"content":{"raw":"If we must die, let it not be like hogs\r\nHunted and penned in an inglorious spot,\r\nWhile round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,\r\nMaking their mock at our accursed lot.\r\nIf we must die, O let us nobly die,\r\nSo that our precious blood may not be shed\r\nIn vain; then even the monsters we defy\r\nShall be constrained to honor us though dead!\r\nO kinsmen! we must meet the common foe !\r\nThough far outnumbered let us show us brave,\r\nAnd for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!\r\nWhat though before us lies the open grave?\r\nLike men we\u2019ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,\r\nPressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!","rendered":"<p>If we must die, let it not be like hogs<br \/>\nHunted and penned in an inglorious spot,<br \/>\nWhile round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,<br \/>\nMaking their mock at our accursed lot.<br \/>\nIf we must die, O let us nobly die,<br \/>\nSo that our precious blood may not be shed<br \/>\nIn vain; then even the monsters we defy<br \/>\nShall be constrained to honor us though dead!<br \/>\nO kinsmen! we must meet the common foe !<br \/>\nThough far outnumbered let us show us brave,<br \/>\nAnd for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!<br \/>\nWhat though before us lies the open grave?<br \/>\nLike men we\u2019ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,<br \/>\nPressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":47,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-452","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":346,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/452\/revisions\/453"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/346"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/452\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}