Printed on the paper: “Once I flew proudly from the mast/ruled over the seas as was right and fit/but then came the 18th of February/and now you see I'm in the …”
The beginning of the First World War released a wave of enthusiasm throughout Europe, especially among intellectuals and the middle classes, the like of which it is utterly impossible for us to understand nowadays. It was the writers who led the way in propaganda, their verbal attacks making an essential contribution in preparing the ground for the general mood of unthinking nationalism.
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