People holding candles visit a memorial for the victims in the shooting

at the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado.

photocredit: Ed Andrieski/AP via The Telegraph

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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

William Shakespeare – “Julius Caesar”

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