It seemed that there were no two heads in Jerusalem of a similar thought.

Whoever was not demoralized by panic was fatally stubborn or mad.

The single purpose that seemed to prevail was to hold out against reason.
Finally he determined to pick the most rational of his men and shape an army that would be distinctly Jewish and enviable.

Nothing Roman should mar its organization.

He would have again the six hundred Gibborim of David, and after he had formed them into a body he would trust to the existing circumstances to direct him how to proceed to the assistance of Jerusalem with them.