The War, ' said a soldier proverb, 'will last a hundred years--five years of fighting and ninety-give of winding up the barbed wire.

Preston William Slosson
The War, ' said a soldier proverb, 'will last a...
The War, ' said a soldier proverb, 'will last a...
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The War,' said a soldier proverb, 'will last a hundred years--five years of fighting and ninety-give of winding up the barbed wire. The phrase comes from the saying 'It takes a hundred years to win a war and five years to win peace.'

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