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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-03-22  |  2.4 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  58 seconds
Transcription: Saul, leader of a large army, sat in his tent terrorized by the taunts of the colossal Goliath. Meanwhile David, a mere boy too small for a suit of armor, strode out bravely to meet Goliath's challenge. Little wonder that Saul came to resent and even fear the remarkable youth. The scenario related here is not as far-fetched as it may seem. Single combat or representative warfare was an style of settling differences in ancient times. As Tom Wolfe explains it in The Right Stuff, originally it had a magical meaning. They believed that the gods determined the outcome of single combat. Therefore, i ...