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I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law

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Wilfred Owen
Age: 25 †
Born: 1893
Born: March 18
Died: 1918
Died: November 4
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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
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Flying is the only active profession I could ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.
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Be bullied, be outraged, by killed, but do not kill.
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Whatever mourns when many leave these shores: Whatever shares The eternal reciprocity of tears.
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