The poem Churchill read on the subway in the movie "Darkest Hour" comes from "The Ballads of Ancient Rome".

The original text is as follows:

Then out spake brave Horatius:

The Captain of the Gate.

To every man upon this earth.

Death come the soon or late.

And how can man die better.

Than facing fearful odds.

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Then Horatius, the gatekeeper of the city, said this:?

For all living things in the world, death will come sooner or later.

If it is a temple that protects the remains and beliefs of ancestors.

To face a powerful enemy and die in battle, no other death can be so noble.

Low cultural power

The inspiring words that Churchill memorized in the subway car came from an ancient Roman story in a British textbook.

When I watched "Darkest Hour" for the first time and heard the sound of "never", my heart beat violently and my eyes became moist. This is the true power of culture. Culture is of course the spiritual pillar used to support a nation.