Now tell us all about the war,
And what they kill'd each other for.

Robert Southey

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Topic

War stories War

Author

Robert Southey

Source

The Battle of Blenheim

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Southey, Robert. "The Battle of Blenheim." Metrical Tales and Other Poems. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805, I. 29.

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Though inland far we be,
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Which brought us hither.

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Topic
Heaven

Author

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Source
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Ode." Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. st. 9.

Current Citation

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I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic
Pacifism and nonviolence War

Author

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.