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He had the lives of the others in his hands at every moment.
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We had the lives of fellow-creatures to save, and we persevered.
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The enemy had the lives to give up; they had the numbers to prevail.
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How cruelly, how unjustly, had the lives of that princely assembly been cut short!
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He had the lives of hundreds under his charge.
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The following story tells something of the real character of the man who had the lives of millions of people at his mercy.