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we became hard, suspicious, pitiless, vicious, tough--and that was good; for these attributes were what we lacked. had we gone into the trenches without this period of training most of us would certainly have gone mad.

I sit by kEmmerich’s bed. he is sinking steadily. around us is great commotion. a hospi-tal train has arrived and the wounded fit to be moved are being selected. the doctor passes by kemmerich’s bed without once looking at him.

by far the most important result was that it awak-ened in us a strong, practical sense of esprit de corps, which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war--comradeship.

it might have been both legs. wege-ler lost his right arm. that’s much worse. besides, you will be going home.

they have amputated my leg.

do youthink so?

I don’tthink so.

I wanted to become a for-ester once.