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Perhaps in war theabsolute did rule, but for peace a majority was good
enough.
This might dofor France and Germany, but would not represent the
British attitude.
They had technical equipment enoughto paralyse the enemys
communications.
Mohammed was eighteen,solid and silent natured. Efforts to make
our men hate the enemyusually made them hate the fighting.
On our way back we
suffered the only casualty of this trip.
Armies were like plants, immobile,
firm-rooted, nourished throughlong stems to the head.
I kept turning my head to
see if some mass was not justbehind me, shutting off the air. Its crisis seemed
to be the breaking point, life anddeath, or less finally, wear and tear.
Traffic was held up for three days of repairand investigation.
There we halted
to camp, close tothe enemy but quite in safety. The algebraical element looked
to me a pure science, subject tomathematical law, inhuman. This storm lasted
for eighteen minutes, and then leaped forward from usas suddenly as it had
come.
One luckyshell caught the front waggon of the train in the siding, and it
tookfire furiously.
Mohammed, who wanted to seethe fight, awoke.
The place
swelled up; and my arm became stiff and sore. The monkey-pleasureof pulling
large and impressive legs was upon us. The place swelled up; and my arm became
stiff and sore. We took a few minutes to breathe, but afterwards were able to
regainour camels.
We took a few minutes to breathe, but afterwards were able to
regainour camels. Their mounted troops might sally out and cut our rear.
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