“Though the theories of plate tectonics now provide us with a modus operandi, they still seem to me to be a periodic phenomenon. Nothing is world-wide, but everything is episodic. In other words, the history of anyone part of the earth, like the life of a soldier, consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror.” WorldLongStillsSeemsEarthScienceTheoryPeriodsSoldierTerrorWideBoredomPhenomenonPlatesModus Operandi Author:D. V. Ager
“The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been here only three days have dug vast networks of ditches three feet deep in the bare brown earth. They have rigged up a light here and there with a storage battery.” Has BeensLightEarthThreeLiteratureFeetSoldierBrownHere And ThereBatteriesAdaptingStorageOutfitsRiggedAmerican Soldier Author:Ernie Pyle
“My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier.” MenHumansIdeasEarthBeliefDignitySoldierObedientHuman Dignity Book:The Importance of Living Source: The Importance of Living
“Kings play at war unfairly with republics; they can only lose some earth, and some creatures they value as little, while republics lose in every soldier a part of themselves.” LittlesWarPlayEarthValuesLosesKingsCreaturesSoldierRepublic Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor