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Episode 124: “The Abolition of Man” by C. S. Lewis, Ch. 1

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A Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro, Pro Patria More Moria A

Wilfrid owens wrote a famous poem, dulciat decorum est pro what is it? Pro patria more moria a. It's one big de bunking of this concept of honor or, that it's good and sweet to die for the country. And at that moment in time, because of all those things, that gained a footing. A lot of world war one poetry was basically really a throwing off of all the things that've been handed down to that generation. They're deconstructing everything from the past. So i think it's an illustration too, of how how things come in and go out, and how we react to them.

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