The Unknown Soldier Speaks at Arlington Grave
A narrator recalls visiting the Unknown Soldier's grave in Arlington and encounters a ghostly uniformed soldier who laments war politics. The specter, born in the Midwest and enlisted from New York, questions the motives of leaders and expresses longing to have fought for democracy, contrasted with civilian pomp.
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Washington
Westminister Abbey
Paris
Arlington Cemetery
Potomac
Flanders Field
Capitol
Middle West
Boston
New York
Buddy
Bronx
The Unknown Soldier Speaks on War and Peace
A narrator on a hill in a war story discusses conscription and sacrifice with an Unknown Soldier who laments endless war. The soldier cites Wells and Tolstoy, denounces militarism, praises antiwar graves from Debs and Jaures, and urges open conspiracy to end violence and build a humane world.
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Mt. Vernon
Washington
Ruth
London
Paris
Wilson
Polo Grounds
Westminister Abbey
Arthur Ponsonby
Arthur Ponsonbys
Ponsonby
H. G. Wells
Wells
Mr. Wells
John Keats
America
God
Christ
Mars
Caesar
Pennsylvania Avenue
Skelton
White House
Treasury Building
Army and Pavy Building
Mystic White Capitol Dome
Alberts
France
Hell
Russia
Moscow
Tolstoy
Germany
Liebknecht
Karl Liebnecht
Pantheon
Jaures
Golders Green
Morel
Debs
Gene Debs
Bar of Justice
St. Michael
Heaven
Earth
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Mr. Chesterton
England
Pucey
Thiepval
Arras
Prince of Wales
Doumer
Kgroworr
Et Roheron
Nantes Vrae