Above the Battle

Author: Romain Rolland and C. K. (Charles Kay) [Translator] Ogden
Language: English
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Shelves: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches · Category: French Literature · Category: History - Modern (1750+) · Category: Philosophy & Ethics · Nobel Prizes in Literature

The opening, in English.

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ABOVE THE BATTLE

"The fire smouldering in the forest of Europe was beginning to burst into flames. In vain did they try to put it out in one place; it only broke out in another. With gusts of smoke and a shower of sparks it swept from one point to another, burning the dry brushwood. Already in the East there were skirmishes as the prelude to the great war of the nations. All Europe, Europe that only yesterday was sceptical and apathetic, like a dead wood, was swept by the flames. All men were possessed by the desire for battle. War was ever on the point of breaking out. It was stamped out, but it sprang to life again. The world felt that it was at the mercy of an accident that might let loose the dogs of war. T…

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