"I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter
tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and
lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot
bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from
one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have
had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant
thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the
drawers."
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O little Force that in your agony
Stood fast while England girt her armour on,
Held high our honour in your wounded hands,
Carried our honour safe with bleeding feet--
We have no glory great enough for you,
The very soul of Britain keeps your day.
An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
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In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
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Only two great groups of animals, men and ants, indulge in highly organized mass warfare.
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The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
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Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the sooner out of Europe.
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.
