Virginia Postrel
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion.
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When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate...It takes your enemy and your friend...Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes...I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread...No person is your friend who demands your silence...Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge...
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