It is a temporary but sublime absence of selfishness.

And because it was of this order was the reason, perhaps, why the youth wondered, afterward, what reasons he could have had for being there.
Presently the straining pace ate up the energies of the men.

As if by agreement, the leaders began to slacken their speed.

The volleys directed against them had had a seeming windlike effect.

The regiment snorted and blew.