We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an eternal enemy.

~ Paul Hoffman

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In such a beast as this... (he means the army)...it was the collective power that went, collapsing like a long-exhausted animal, at once falling under its own weight as much as that of its enemy. It was a collective death and not a matter of bravery or even strength, and once it was down it was finished as a battle.

~ Paul Hoffman

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The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded death as merely a door to the eternal life.

~ Paul Hoffman

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