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The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse -This war has been described as -Months of boredom, punctuated by moments of intense fright.- The writer of these sketches has experienced many -months of boredom, - in a French military field hospital, situated ten kilometres behind the lines, in Belgium. During these months, the lines have not moved, either forward or backward, but have remained dead-locked, in one position. Undoubtedly, up and down the long-reaching kilometres of -Front- there has been action, and -moments of intense fright- have produced glorious deeds of valour, courage, devotion, and nobility. But when there is little or no action, there is a stagnant place, and in a stagnant place there is much ugliness. Much ugliness is churned up in the wake of mighty, moving forces. We are witnessing a phase in the evolution of humanity, a phase called War--and the slow, onward progress stirs up the slime in the shallows, and this is the
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