This would eventually become the Dolchstosslegende, the ‘stab in the back’ myth, that would help lay the groundwork for the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists, who vowed to avenge the defeat of 1918 and bury for
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“Every particle of my blood,” Rush wrote, “is electrified with revenge.”
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
“Watch and learn, Lyria.” He winks at her. A piece of debris hits the hull. We all wince. “Starting now.”
― Light Bringer
― Light Bringer
“This would eventually become the Dolchstosslegende, the ‘stab in the back’ myth, that would help lay the groundwork for the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists, who vowed to avenge the defeat of 1918 and bury for ever the memory of the ‘November criminals’. The claim that the German Army had not been defeated in 1918 was readily grasped by those who had been raised on the invincibility of Prussian arms”
― The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
― The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918
“How I detach tunnel, question? Me inside ball.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep,
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.”
― The Odyssey
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.”
― The Odyssey
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