Your heroic officers are a sad sight AFTERWARDS, when they come home.

Bah, your Herbertson! The only justification for war is what we learn from it.

And what have they learnt ?--Why did so many of them have presentiments, as he called it?
Because they could feel inside them, there was nothing to come after.

There was no life-courage: only death-courage.

Nothing beyond this hell--only death or love--languishing--" "What could they have seen, anyhow ?" said Aaron.
"It's not what you see, actually.