A golden flame rises from cupped stone hands against an orange sunset and dark clouds.

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Colour Sergeant Bourne

A prayer's as good as bayonet on a day like this.

— Zulu

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Facing a grim day, the speaker suggests that prayer counts for as much as a bayonet, since both are simply what one has to hold onto. The line can sound fatalistic, as though steel offers no better odds than faith, yet it also gives faith real weight beside the weapon.

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