burkersdork

Updated: May 25, 2025

"Did you become an officer?" "No, fraulein, only a 'vize-Feldwebel." "Have you fought in a battle?" "Oh, yes, at Burkersdork, Skalitz, Koniginhof, and Koniggratz." "That must have been frightfully interesting. And have you ever killed one of the enemy?" "Happily not. It does not fall to the lot of every soldier to kill a man. He does his duty if he stands up in his place ready to be killed."

Max Simon Nordau - The Malady of the Century