The two original sentences are fine although "we seemed willing neither to fight to win nor (to)end the sacrifice... gone (were) the way of dueling..." are ok as well.
The only change I'd like to make is We don't hear the word "honor" used much these days. Of is not necessary here.
回複:回複:大家看看這段是否有錯?摘自美國傳統雜誌。。。
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• but ... -nothingjustagain- ♂ (102 bytes) () 10/23/2009 postreply 09:23:56
• in a formal writing, of is more used in the kind of cases -nothingjustagain- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/23/2009 postreply 09:38:35