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Great War Quotes by Wilfred Owen
- Walking abroad, one is the admiration of all little boys, and meets an approving glance from every eye of elderly.
- The marvel is that we did not all die of cold. As a matter of fact, only one of my party actually froze to death…
- No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.
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