I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered…

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At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even...

At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even...

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the...

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the...

But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left...

But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left...

All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers...

All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers...

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed...

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed...

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow,...

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow,...

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is...

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is...

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared...

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won...

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace...

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace...

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war