I had the honor to serve at the siege of Arras. Where I received a thrust through the throat, the second of… — Philip José Farmer
I had the honor to serve at the siege of Arras. Where I received a thrust through the throat, the second of the serious wounds that convinced me, along with all else I had seen of wars miseries and horrors, that Mars was the stupidest of the gods.
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