Julian Grenfell quotes
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“The naked earth is warm with Spring, And with green grass and bursting trees Leans to the sun's kiss glorying, And quivers in the sunny breeze.”
-- Julian GrenfellSource : The Times 28 May 1915 "Into Battle"
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“The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings.”
-- Julian GrenfellSource : Julian Grenfell, “Into Battle”
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“I adore war. It is like a big picnic but without the objectivelessness of a picnic. I have never been more well or more happy.”
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“And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light and a striving evermore for these; and he is dead, who will not fight; and who dies fighting has increase.”
-- Julian GrenfellSource : 'Into Battle' in 'The Times' 28 May 1915
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Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage
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