Death Quote by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

“As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude.” quote by Philip Gilbert Hamerton — Download Open image

“As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude.”

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

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