well now, partner, let me spin ya a yarn 'bout a time when the world was all caught up in its initial scuffle, what folks now call world war 1. despite the storm cloudin' over the horizon, there was this guarded optimism among the folks, hopin' that sense would prevail and peace would commence again. in their responses to the conflict, many tried to deflect the despair, holdin' fast to the belief that from the ashes, we could all build a future ripe with promise. ain't nothin' like a bit of hope to keep the spirits high, even when the dust is yet to settle.