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“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;”

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The cry of the King before the attack on Harfleur is addressed to soldiers who have already failed once that day. Shakespeare gives the line to a king who is outnumbered and short of men, which is why it has become the standard quotation for going again.

Source: Henry V, Act IV, Scene 1

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