There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians.

Robert Graves

Goodbye to All That

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Topic

Patriotism War

Author

Robert Graves

Source

Goodbye to All That

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Graves, Robert. Good-Bye to All That. Jonathan Cape, 1929.

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I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

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Langston Hughes
Source
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Medium
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Time
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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Crisis, June 1921, I. 1.

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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

Stephen Decatur

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Patriotism

Author

Stephen Decatur
Language
English
Time
1816 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Decatur, Stephen. Toast given at a dinner in Virginia. Apr. 1816, Norfolk, VA, USA.