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An' how I got past the stuff in that road afterwards was just luck. I couldn't see a God-damn thing; it was so black and I was so nerved up. God, I'll never forget these chaps' shoutin', 'Here's a feller come to die with us.'"

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 33). Good Press. Kindle Edition.

Everything was lost in mist that filled the shell-holes as with water and wreathed itself fantastically about the shattered trunks of trees. Here and there was still a little greenish haze of gas. It cut their throats and made their eyes run as they breathed in the cool air of the dawn.

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 25). Good Press. Kindle Edition.

An utterly fantastic read.

"I'm not resigned either," he shouted in a laugh. "I am going to do something some day, but first I must see. I want to be initiated in all the circles of hell."

"I'd play the part of Virgil pretty well," said the aspirant, "but I suppose Virgil was a staff officer."

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 21). Good Press. Kindle Edition.

"But it isn't. It isn't natural for people to hate that way, it can't be. It even disgusts the perfectly stupid damn-fool people, like Higgins, who believes that the Bible was written in God's own handwriting and that the newspapers tell the truth."

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 10). Good Press. Kindle Edition.

"Think, man, think of all the oceans of lies through all the ages that must have been necessary to make this possible! Think of this new particular vintage of lies that has been so industriously pumped out of the press and the pulpit. Doesn't it stagger you?"

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 6). Good Press. Kindle Edition.

"Oh we're going to the Hamburg show
To see the elephant and the wild kangaroo,
And we'll all stick together
In fair or foul weather,
For we're going to see the damn show through!"

Passos, John Dos. One Man's Initiation—1917 (p. 3). Good Press. Kindle Edition.