44th East Essex Regiment of Foot/first Anglo-burmese War 1824-1826

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    Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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    The unknown always seems unbelievable, Lucas.
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    With two thousand years of Christianity behind him ... a man can’t see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.
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    To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.
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    Armageddon. The slaughter of humanity. An atomic war no one wanted, but which no one had the wisdom to avoid.
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