Excerpt: ...in the east. But this, again, is not exactly the fear of death; but much more a physical reaction to uncertainty and suspense combined with the threat of physical suffering. Personally, I believe that very few men indeed fear death. The vast majority experience a more or less violent physical shrinking from the pain of death and pg 121 wounds, especially when they are obliged to be physically inactive, and when they have nothing else to think about. This kind of dread is, in the case of a good many men, ...
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Excerpt: ...in the east. But this, again, is not exactly the fear of death; but much more a physical reaction to uncertainty and suspense combined with the threat of physical suffering. Personally, I believe that very few men indeed fear death. The vast majority experience a more or less violent physical shrinking from the pain of death and pg 121 wounds, especially when they are obliged to be physically inactive, and when they have nothing else to think about. This kind of dread is, in the case of a good many men, intensified by darkness and suspense, and by the deafening noise and shock that accompany the detonation of high explosives. But it cannot properly be called the fear of death, and it is a purely physical reaction which can be, and nearly always is, controlled by the mind. Last of all there is the repulsion and loathing for the whole business of war, with its bloody ruthlessness, its fiendish ingenuity, and its insensate cruelty, that comes to a man after a battle, when the tortured and dismembered dead lie strewn about the trench, and the wounded groan from No-Man's-Land. But neither is that the fear of death. It is a repulsion which breeds hot anger more often than cold fear, reckless hatred of life more often than abject clinging to it. pg 122 The cases where any sort of fear, even for a moment, obtains the mastery of a man are very rare. Sometimes in the case of a boy, whose nerves are more sensitive than a man's, and whose habit of self-control is less formed, a sudden shock will upset his mental balance. Sometimes a very egotistical man will succumb to danger long drawn out. The same applies to men who are very introspective. I have seen a man of obviously low intelligence break down on the eve of an attack. The anticipation of danger makes many men "windy," especially officers who are responsible for other lives than their own. But even where men are afraid it is generally not death that they fear. Their fear is a physical and instinctive...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 250grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has board covers. With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN:
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Book 12 mo., hardcover, appears to be first edition in near fine condition with red boards, gilt design and lettering. Photo frontis under tissue. 246 pp. Introduction by J. St. Loc Strachey, editor of "the spectator"
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Very Good. First American edition. Very good lacking the dustwrapper. Articles originally published in the "London Spectator", the author was killed in 1916. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good+ in Good+ jacket. Book New York: E.P. Dutton, 1917. Thirteenth Printing. Very Good+/Good+. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Very little wear. Very pale small spot at top edge of rear board (smaller than a dime). No bumped corners. Gilt is bright. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. Frontis portrait of author with tissue guard. 290 pgs. Clean dustjacket has corner chips, lateral closed tear at top front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Military.