“Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners.”

—  Robert Graves

Source: Goodbye to All That (1929), Ch. 17
Context: Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.

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