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It is a prostitution of the name, is an evasion of the substance, and is a shield blazoned with the name of chivalry to cover the malignity of murder.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Editor's note · Context
Stevenson condemns the romanticized view of chivalry in dueling, revealing its underlying violence and hypocrisy.
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