Title
The title was inspired by a line from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Gentleman Rankers"
- Gentlemen-rankers out on a spree,
- Damned from here to Eternity,
- God ha' mercy on such as we,
- Baa! Yah! Bah!
Read more about this topic: From Here To Eternity (novel)
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