Now It Can Be Told (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Now It Can Be Told<br><br>IN this book I have written about some aspects Of the war which I believe the world must know and remember not only as a memorial Of men''s courage in tragic years but as a warning Of what will happen again - surely - if a heritage Of evil and Of folly is not cut out Of the hearts Of peoples. Here it is the reality of modern warfare not only as it appears to British soldiers Of whom I can tell but to soldiers on all the fronts where conditions were the same.<br><br>What I have written here does not cancel nor alter nor deny anything in my daily narratives Of events on the western front as they are now published in book form. They stand I may claim sincerely and humbly as a truthful accurate and tragic record Of the battles in France and Belgium during the years Of war broadly pictured out as far as I could see and know. My duty then was that Of a Chronicler not arguing why things should have happened so nor giving reasons why they should not happen so but describing faithfully many Of the things I saw and narrating the facts as I found them as far as the censorship would allow. After early hostile days it allowed nearly all but criticism protest and Of the figures Of loss.<br><br>The purpose Of this book is to get deeper into the truth Of this War and Of all war - mot by a'' more detailed narra tive Of events but rather as the truth was revealed to the minds Of men in many aspects out Of their experience; and by a plain statement Of realities however painful to add something to the world''s knowledge out Of which men Of good-will may try to shape some new system Of relationship between one people and another some new code Of international morality preventing or at least postponing another massacre Of youth like that five years'' sacrifice Of boys of which I was a witness.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.