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'They had no conceit of themselves in a little, vain way, but they reckoned themselves the only fighting-men, simply, and without boasting. I liked the look of them, dusty up to the eyes in summer, muddy up to their eyes in winter—these gipsy fellows, scornful of discipline for discipline's sake, but desperate fighters, looking at life with frank, curious eyes, and a kind of humorous contempt for death and disease, and 'the whole damned show', as they called it.' - Philip Gibbs
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4 comments:
Darwin never wrote that.
"The problem with Internet quotations is that many are not genuine."
— Abraham Lincoln.
Ha ha nice. Might have to pull this one then.
Actually I think I'll leave it. Nice pic of Darwin and a nice sentiment attached to his image. I'll let Abe know that I don't quote wiki in essays! ;-)
More about the quote here:
http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/one-thing-darwin-didnt-say
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