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“The war is a great thing, but it is not the greatest thing.”

Placing war in perspective without denying its immense power and cost · Letter, 1915

About Charles Sorley

Charles Sorley

19 May 1895–13 October 1915

Charles Hamilton Sorley was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 19 May 1895, and was killed in France on 13 October 1915, not yet twenty-one years old. His literary life lasted only a few years, and his published body of verse was small, much of it assembled after his death. Yet he occupies a singular place among the poets…

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