The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

Wilfred Owen

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Topic

World War I Horrors of war War

Author

Wilfred Owen

Source

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Soldier Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Anthem for Doomed Youth." Poems. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

Current Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Anthem for Doomed Youth." The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen. Random House UK, 2018.

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He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.

James Joyce

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Topic
Happiness Contentment Being carefree

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Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.

Another quote about War

God has pity on kindergarten children.
He has less pity on school children.
And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

Yehuda Amichai

God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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Topic
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Author

Yehuda Amichai
Source
God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 1
Citation

Amichai, Yehuda. "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children." Now and in Other Days. 1955.

Another quote from 1917

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic
America and the world International politics
Speaker
Woodrow Wilson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.