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For some while his feet had rustled through long neglected grass; sometimes he lifted them up to step over a telephone wire that lolled over old entanglements and bushes; often he came to rusty strands of barbed wire and walked through them where they had been cut, perhaps years ago, by huge shells; then his feet hissed on through the grass again, dead grass that had hissed about his boots all through the afternoon. FOR SOME WHILE HIS FEET HAD RUSTLED THROUGH LONG NEGLECTED GRASS SOMETIMES HE LIFTED THEM UP TO STEP OVER A TELEPHONE WIRE THAT LOLLED OVER OLD ENTANGLEMENTS AND BUSHES OFTEN HE CAME TO RUSTY STRANDS OF BARBED WIRE AND WALKED THROUGH THEM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN CUT PERHAPS YEARS AGO BY HUGE SHELLS THEN HIS FEET HISSED ON THROUGH GRASS AGAIN DEAD GRASS THAT HAD HISSED ABOUT HIS BOOTS ALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
reets untroubled by any War Lord; by then, perhaps, I may have told, to such as care to read, what such a war did in an ancient town, already romantic when romance was young, when war came suddenly without mercy, without pity, out of the north and east, on little houses, carved galleries, and gardens; churches, cathedrals and the jackdaws' nests. A Good War Nietsche said, "You have heard that a good cause justifies any war, but I say unto you that a good war justifies any cause." A man was walking alone over a plain so desolate that, if you have never seen it, the mere word desolation could never convey to you the melancholy surroundings that mourned about this man on his lonely walk. Far off a vista of trees followed a cheerless road all dead as mourners suddenly stricken dead in some funereal procession. By this road he had come; but when he had reached a certain point he turned from the road at once, branching away to the left, led by a line of bushes that may once have been a lane.  PART THREE OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY TRAVICE WAKEMEN SPOSYLVANIA VIRGINIA A GOOD WAR NIETZSCHE SAID YOU HAVE HEARD THE GOOD CAUSE JUSTIFIES ANY WAR BUT I SAY UNTO YOU THAT A GOOD WAR JUSTIFIES ANY CAUSE A MAN WAS WALKING ALONE OVER A PLAIN SO DESOLATE THAT IF YOU HAD NEVER SEEN IT THE MERE WORD DESOLATION COULD NEVER CONVEY TO YOU THE MELANCHOLY SURROUNDINGS THAT MOURNED ABOUT THIS MAN ON HIS LONELY WALK FAR OFF A VISTA OF TREES FOLLOWED A CHEERLESS ROAD ALL DEAD AS MOURNERS SUDDENLY STRICKEN DEAD IN SOME FUNEREAL PROCESSION BY THIS ROAD HE HAD COME BUT WHEN HE HAD REACHED A CERTAIN POINT HE TURNED FROM THE ROAD AT ONCE BRANCHING AWAY TO THE LEFT LED BY A LINE OF BUSHES THAT MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN A LANE
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