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do not wish to be a soldier.
PRIEST. Why don't you wish it? It is said that, "To lay down one's life
for a friend" is to be a true Christian....
BORÍS. Yes, to "lay down one's life," but not to take another man's.
That is just what I want to do, to "lay down my life."
PRIEST. You do not reason rightly, young man. John the Baptist said to
the soldiers ...
BORÍS [smiling] That only goes to prove that even in those days the
soldiers used to rob, and he told them not to!
PRIEST. Well, but why don't you wish to take your oath?
BORÍS. You know that the Gospels forbid it!
PRIEST. Not at all. You know that when Pilate said: "I adjure thee by
the living God, art thou the Christ?" the Lord Jesus Christ answered "I
am." That proves that oaths are not forbidden.
BORÍS. Are not you ashamed to talk so? You--an old man.
PRIEST. Take my advice and don't be obstinate. You and I cannot change
the world. Just take your oath and you'll be at ease. Leave it to the
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