Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

…rn consciousness ever since the horrors of World War I’s Western Front took root in people’s minds. In the bitter closing lines of a famous poem, Western Front veteran Wilfred Owen of Great Britain called the concept of dying gloriously for one’s country “the old lie.”
Dying for a Lie
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Sam Haines
Voice of Reason
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Feb 26, 2024
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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country.
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We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.
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