Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms
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Even our national colors are the same : that red, white, and blue which as some poetic Frenchman has said symbolizes the rise of democ- racy from blood, through peace, to Heaven.
There has been much talk of France having been reborn through the agony of this war. Therein we are wrong. It is merely that we Ameri- BROTHERS IN ARMS 35 cans have known the French only superficially, and that, in thinking and speaking of them, we have in- dulged in the careless and inaccurate habit of generalization.... We have subscribed to the tradition of the superficiality and frivolity of the French people. We have believed them lacking in seriousness and per- severance, a strange misunderstand- ing of the race which has produced Richelieu and Talleyrand and Robes- pierre, La Salle and Marquette and Champlain. We thought them vola- tile and temperamental, these coun- trymen of Bossuet and Montes- quieu, of Pascal and Corneille. We were wont to say quite patroniz- ingly that French soldiers, though they possessed verve and elan, were not stayers and "last-ditchers" 36 BROTHERS IN ARMS this of the men of the Marne and Verdun!
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Even our national colors are the same : that red, white, and blue which as some poetic Frenchman has said symbolizes the rise of democ- racy from blood, through peace, to Heaven.
There has been much talk of France having been reborn through the agony of this war. Therein we are wrong. It is merely that we Ameri- BROTHERS IN ARMS 35 cans have known the French only superficially, and that, in thinking and speaking of them, we have in- dulged in the careless and inaccurate habit of generalization.... We have subscribed to the tradition of the superficiality and frivolity of the French people. We have believed them lacking in seriousness and per- severance, a strange misunderstand- ing of the race which has produced Richelieu and Talleyrand and Robes- pierre, La Salle and Marquette and Champlain. We thought them vola- tile and temperamental, these coun- trymen of Bossuet and Montes- quieu, of Pascal and Corneille. We were wont to say quite patroniz- ingly that French soldiers, though they possessed verve and elan, were not stayers and "last-ditchers" 36 BROTHERS IN ARMS this of the men of the Marne and Verdun!
What to read after Brothers in Arms?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879- to read onlineMoreLess
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