Of all the ethnic groups, castes are the only ones which, if given an opportunity, would commit “auto-ethnocide,” that is, which would gladly shed their separate identity and join the main body of the society whose culture they share.

Awake remembrance of these valiant dead, / And with your puissant arm renew their feats.

As Bourne came out, he could see shells exploding by the dump, with some shrapnel bursting, woolly-bears they called them, overhead.

So go ahead and embrace the suck of the first mile or so, you'll be through it soon enough.