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- We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German Protestants;…
- Hardly one soldier in a hundred was inspired by religious feeling of even the crudest kind. It would have been difficult to remain religious in…
- Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked…
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- We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English… — Robert Graves
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