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Lear-—War's a queer game—not ai m w; na* 9ne's civilian mind imaginGtl, writes Lieutenant Coningsbv Dawson, Canadian FieJd Artillery "author of several popular novels. "It's far more horrible and less exciting," The horrors whien the civilian mind dreads most are mutilation and death. Out here we rarely think: about them; the thing which wears on one most and calls out Ins gravest courage is the endless quence of physical discomfort. Not to be able, to wash, not to be able to sleep to have to be wet and cold for long periods at a stretch, to find mud on your person, in your food to have to stand m mud, see mud, sleep in mud, and to continue to .smile—that's what tests courage. Our chaps are splendid. , • • -1- never, before appreciated as 1 clo to-day tlie latent capacity for bi«--hearted endurance■ that is in the heart or every-* man. Here are apparently Qu?to ordinary chaps—chaps who washed, liked theatres, loved kiddies, and sweethearts, had a;aest for life—they're bankrupt of all pleasures except'the supreme pleasure of knowing that they re doing the finest, thing or which they are capable. There are millions to whom the mere consciousness of doing their duty lias brought a heretofore unexpected peace oi- mind.... -. "
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14635, 13 February 1918, Page 9
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238Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14635, 13 February 1918, Page 9
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