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<blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 7935757" data-attributes="member: 40233">If you said, Fighting Man, you need to read your source material.&quot;He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the carriage of the trained fighting man.&quot;&quot; As I gazed upon it I felt a spell of overpowering fascination—it was Mars, the god of war, and for me, the fighting man, it had always held the power of irresistible enchantment. &quot;&quot;The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child.&quot;&quot;&quot;The chances are small that your tale will be believed until after you have proven your trustworthiness and won friends among the higher nobles of the court. This you can most easily do through military service, as we are a warlike people on Barsoom,&quot; explained one of them, &quot;and save our richest favors for the fighting man.&quot;&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Edgar Rice Burroughs &quot;A Princess of Mars&quot;&quot;His brow was low and broad, his eyes a volcanic blue that smoldered as if with some inner fire. His dark, scarred, almost sinister face was that of a fighting-man, and his velvet garments could not conceal the hard, dangerous lines of his limbs.&quot;&quot;He looked the part of the hired fighting-man, who had known all vicissitudes of fortune, plunder and wealth one day, an empty purse and a close-drawn belt the next.&quot;&quot;'You are not a priest,' she said. 'You are a fighting-man. Even with that mask that is plain. There is as much difference between you and a priest as there is between a man and a woman. By Set!' &quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert E. Howard &quot;Hour of the Dragon&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Salamandyr, post: 7935757, member: 40233"] If you said, Fighting Man, you need to read your source material. "He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the carriage of the trained fighting man." " As I gazed upon it I felt a spell of overpowering fascination—it was Mars, the god of war, and for me, the fighting man, it had always held the power of irresistible enchantment. " "The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child." ""The chances are small that your tale will be believed until after you have proven your trustworthiness and won friends among the higher nobles of the court. This you can most easily do through military service, as we are a warlike people on Barsoom," explained one of them, "and save our richest favors for the fighting man."" Edgar Rice Burroughs "A Princess of Mars" "His brow was low and broad, his eyes a volcanic blue that smoldered as if with some inner fire. His dark, scarred, almost sinister face was that of a fighting-man, and his velvet garments could not conceal the hard, dangerous lines of his limbs." "He looked the part of the hired fighting-man, who had known all vicissitudes of fortune, plunder and wealth one day, an empty purse and a close-drawn belt the next." "'You are not a priest,' she said. 'You are a fighting-man. Even with that mask that is plain. There is as much difference between you and a priest as there is between a man and a woman. By Set!' " Robert E. Howard "Hour of the Dragon" [/QUOTE]

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