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“They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.”
“I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.”
“It is the definition of an egoist that whatever occupies his attention is, for that reason, important.”
“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.”
“There was, however, a difference between his mood and that of the rest of the cabinet. They felt desperate; he felt challenged.”
“There was nothing green left; artillery had denuded and scarred every inch of ground. Tiny flares glowed and disappeared. Shrapnel burst with bluish white puffs. Jets of flamethrowers flickered and...”
“Today's Europeans and Americans who reached the age of awareness after midcentury when the communications revolution lead to expectations of instantanaiy are exasperated by the slow toils of histor...”
“The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy.”
“The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed only in making it seem implausible.”
“The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources. Shame does not discourage him; neither does obloquy. Indifferent to approval, reputation, wealt...”
“Biographer diagnoses reaction to restriction as a tell of true character. Some use even prison as a time of reflection and planning. Others, like Churchill, quickly chafe at missing interaction and...”
