There died a myriad,
And of the best, among them,
For an old bitch gone in the teeth,
For a botched civilization.

Ezra Pound

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Topic

World War I

Author

Ezra Pound

Source

Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Pound, Ezra. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley. The Ovid Press, 1920, pt. 1, poem 5.

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But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Source
A Tract on Monetary Reform
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1924 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.

Another quote from 1920

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,-
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

Wilfred Owen

Dulce et Decorum Est

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Topic
Horrors of war War

Author

Wilfred Owen
Source
Dulce et Decorum Est
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." Poems by Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

Current Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen. Random House UK, 2018.