This recording was made by a soldier in 1916. later that year, this soldier, Corporal Edward Dwyer, was KIA in one of the Battles of the Somme, just a couple months short of his 21st birthday.
He never knew why he was there.
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He never knew why he was there.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’