Chapter XII

Contrasts Between Hale And Andre

If Nathan Hale was in many respects the most
notable American martyr, another man, in the
English army, four years later met a doom that to
the English appears to have exalted him to a rank
corresponding to Nathan Hale's. For a long time
there was a glamour about Andre that lifted him
above the place to which, in the minds of many,
he rightfully belonged, and comparisons have often
been made between him and Hale, as if in reality
their services and their characters justified such
comparison.

It has been our aim to describe Hale as accurately
as possible. He has been presented as an educated,
high-minded patriot, wholly intent upon serving his
country to the full extent of his ability, ready to
run any risk in her service, and fully comprehending,
in his last supreme effort to serve her, that he
was risking his life and facing the possibility of a
dishonorable death. He expected no reward if he

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