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Clare
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Want to wage a war without knowing if the terrain is sand or crumbling slate or bare rock escarpment? T.E. Lawrence will not stand for that.
— Feb 01, 2026 09:04AM
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Clare
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This is getting deep into detail, but, man, it starts strong.
"Blood was always on our hands: we were licensed to it. Wounding and killing seemed ephemeral pains, so very brief and sore was life with us. With the sorrow of living so great, the sorrow of punishment had to be pitiless. We lived for the day and died for it."
— Jan 31, 2026 06:53AM
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"Blood was always on our hands: we were licensed to it. Wounding and killing seemed ephemeral pains, so very brief and sore was life with us. With the sorrow of living so great, the sorrow of punishment had to be pitiless. We lived for the day and died for it."
Steven Churchill
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Will have to read Foch to understand Lawrence from p. 152 on philosophy of war.
— Jan 28, 2026 06:58PM
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