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Three Soldiers (1921)
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The mind of a generation is its speech. A writer makes aspects of that speech enduring by putting them in print. He whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. That's history. A writer who writes straight is the architect of history.
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It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
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Life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats.
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But what's the good of freedom? What can you do with it? What one wants is to live well and have a beautiful house and be respected by people.
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Would not some lightning flash of vision sear people's consciousness into life again? What was the good of stopping the war if armies continued?
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
January 14, 1896
Died:
September 28, 1970
(aged 74)
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