Use the passage to answer the question.

Which sentence from the passage develops the theme that a soldier often must harm other people to protect oneself?
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“Carter Druse grew pale; he shook in every limb, turned faint, and saw the statuesque group
before him as black figures, rising, falling, moving unsteadily in arcs of circles in a fiery sky.”
“He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his
camp with his fatal news.”
“But no—there is a hope; he may have discovered nothing; perhaps he is but admiring the
sublimity of the landscape.”
“This courageous gentleman and hardy soldier was near swooning from intensity of emotion.”

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The sentence that develops the theme that a soldier often must harm other people to protect oneself is: “He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news.” This sentence illustrates the difficult choice a soldier faces, highlighting the need to potentially harm others to ensure their own safety and the element of the threat posed by the enemy.