Christmas stories, English; Holidays -- Fiction; Short stories
If you were ever in the Belgian villages near the field of Waterloo, you
will have seen, in some quiet little church, a monument erected by
faithful companions in arms to the memory of Colonel A, Major B, Captains
C, D and E, Lieutenants F and G, Ensigns H, I and J, seven
non-commissioned officers, and one hundred and thirty rank and file, who
fell in the discharge of their duty on the memorable day. The story of
Nobody is the story of the rank and file of the earth. They bear their
share of the battle; they have their part in the victory; they fall; they
leave no name but in the mass. The march of the proudest of us, leads to
the dusty way by which they go. O! Let us think of them this year at
the Christmas fire, and not forget them when it is burnt out.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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