Human Nerves Quickly Get Accustomed To The Most Unusual Conditions And Circumstances And I Noticed That Quite A Number Of Men Actually Fell Asleep From Sheer Exhaustion In The Trenches, In Spite Of The Roaring Of The Cannon About Us And The Whizzing Of Shrapnel Over Our Heads.

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.

Fritz Kreisler

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Although I had resigned my commission as an officer two years before, I immediately left Switzerland, accompanied by my wife, in order to report for duty. As it happened, a wire reached me a day later calling me to the colors.

Fritz Kreisler

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