# David Slaying Goliath

> art by Gustave Doré

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Gustave Doré's engraving for the 1866 Bible. David stands over the fallen giant
and lifts Goliath's own sword to finish what a single stone began. What I keep is
the moment of resolve, not the violence: the giant is already beaten the instant
you decide to face it, and the tools to finish the job are often the ones it
brought to the fight.