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A man has no great and glorious ideas that nothing matters because he is ready to die for his country.- He is, of course, ready to die for her.- But he does not think about it.- He lights a cigarette and tries to be nonchalant, for he knows that his men are watching him, and it is his duty to keep up a front for their sake.- Probably, at the same time, they are keeping up a front for him.- Then the Sergeant Major comes along, cool and smiling, as if he were out for a stroll at home.- Suddenly he is an immense comfort.- One forgets that sinking feeling in the stomach and thinks, "How easy and jolly he is!- What a splendid fellow!"- Immediately, one begins unconsciously to imitate him.- Then another thinks the same thing about one, and begins to imitate too.- So it passes on, down the line.- But there is nothing heroic or exalting in going over the top.
