The French got enough from the Germans to save them from starvation but many a woman sold herself for a loaf or a chunk of sausage.
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I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.
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Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty.
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Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?
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How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.
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