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"The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired."

"Death has a life which kills everybody's life."

"NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither."
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"Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives."


"I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation."


"I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it."


"I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed."


"I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust."
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