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“Soon he would see war. Jis romanticism and inexperience insulated him from the thought that he might feel it, too.” quote by Humphrey Cobb — Download Open image

““Soon he would see war. Jis romanticism and inexperience insulated him from the thought that he might feel it, too.””

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