Nately was instantly up in arms again. "There is nothing so absurd about risking your life for your country!" he declared."Isn't there?" asked the old man. "What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural. Englishmen are dying for England, Americans are dying for America, Germans are dying for Germany, Russians are dying for Russia. There are now fifty or sixty countries fighting in this war. Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for."Anything worth living for," said Nately, "is worth dying for."And anything worth dying for," answered the sacrilegious old man, "is certainly worth living for.
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- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 1, 1923
- Died: December 12, 1999
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