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Published: 2014-07-28 17:19:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 3370; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 0
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This has such a hopeless feel to it. I like that the detail gets fuzzier towards the top of the drawing.
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The memory of World War I is something I still haven't gotten a grasp of, yet, and I feel bad for not having paid much attention to this ravenous time in our history. In my college's library, there's a whole display of propaganda from both sides of the War, as well as tons of pictures documenting everyday life in the trenches and elsewhere. Man, what a tough time they had, especially in the trenches with all the disease and the waiting.
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This was a dark day--a day when one of the fuses finally hit the powderkeg, blowing the world into chaos. "The lights have gone out over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." How true; lamps are finally being lit, with a chance of staying on...
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It's nice to know they're not forgotten. A wonderful world that could have been peaceful and prosperous died in that horrible war.
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I wouldn't idealise that world so much. While its technological prowess and ingenuity were impressive (I'd say the rapidity of progress outpaced modern times in some areas), the social order would be crippling. But it's hard to say. And a historian shouldn't delve into what-ifs too much.
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A historian should ALWAYS delve into what-if's. Considering all the possibilities, what led to what, looking down every corridor, leads to fullest understanding. Had those young men lived, and voted, had the resources been available for things besides slaughter, society would have gently transitioned to great equity. All wasted in blood, shrapnel, and mustard gas...
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I think you're confusing a historian with a novelist or writer. A historian is limited to what evidence he can find and gather, and his job is to analyse what happened, why it happened, and what it resulted in. By erasing such a big event from history as the Great War, a countless number of smaller events get changed, it would impossible to predict the exact outcome of all those changes. One thing would be certain in a Great War-less what-if: that war would come, sooner or later. The system of alliances, rampant militarism, arms race, the air of paranoia - all would lead to a very similar war.
Of course, after work, a historian doesn't need to be one and he can use imagination. But this is not history anymore, even though it might be fun.
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I am a professional historian. 
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so it was today thnx for reminding what i should have checked month ago.
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Really like this one, the soldier seems so small (in the grand scheme of things) was that your intent (as a metaphor)?
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I don't even think this is a metaphor. I didn't think about those, maybe there are some. Glad you like it - appreciated.
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