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Siegfried Sassoon Quotes: I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.
         

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.


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I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.
         



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