Quote#War
By them one saw vividly how great it was to be their kin, and…
Quote byT. E. Lawrence · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922), Introductory Chapter..
English (original)
By them one saw vividly how great it was to be their kin, and English. And we were casting them by thousands into the fire to the worst of deaths, not to win the war but that the corn and rice and oil of Mesopotamia might be ours.
— T. E. Lawrence
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