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Chapter 29

           Thouwouldstquenchthepurelightofchivalry,whichalonedistinguishesthenoblefromthebase,thegentleknightfromthechurlandthesavage;whichratesourlifefar,farbeneaththepitchofourhonour;raisesusvictoriousoverpain,toil,andsuffering,andteachesustofearnoevilbutdisgrace.ThouartnoChristian,Rebecca;andtotheeareunknownthosehighfeelingswhichswellthebosomofanoblemaidenwhenherloverhathdonesomedeedofemprizewhichsanctionshisflame.Chivalry!—why,maiden,sheisthenurseofpureandhighaffection—thestayoftheoppressed,theredresserofgrievances,thecurbofthepowerofthetyrant—Nobilitywerebutanemptynamewithouther,andlibertyfindsthebestprotectioninherlanceandhersword."

           "Iam,indeed,"saidRebecca,"sprungfromaracewhosecouragewasdistinguishedinthedefenceoftheirownland,butwhowarrednot,evenwhileyetanation,saveatthecommandoftheDeity,orindefendingtheircountryfromoppression.ThesoundofthetrumpetwakesJudahnolonger,andherdespisedchildrenarenowbuttheunresistingvictimsofhostileandmilitaryoppression.Wellhastthouspoken,SirKnight,—untiltheGodofJacobshallraiseupforhischosenpeopleasecondGideon,oranewMaccabeus,itillbeseemeththeJewishdamseltospeakofbattleorofwar."

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