Vera Brittain quote: I joined the Pass Mods. class and studied the cyropaedia and Livy's Wars with a resentful feeling that there was ...

I joined the Pass Mods. class and studied the cyropaedia and Livy's Wars with a resentful feeling that there was quite enough war in the world without having to read about it in Latin

~ Vera Brittain ~

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