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"If war could change the nature of men, it would surely change the nature of words, I thought. But so much of the English language had been set in type and printed. We were nearing the end.

"It will find its way into the final volumes, I expect," said Mr. Sweatman when we discussed it. "The poets will see to that. They have a way of adding nuance to the meaning of things."