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Why he Dodged War: Once Was Enough for the Traveling Man His Fourth of July Experience with Explosives in a Patriotic Pennsylvania Town Convinced Him That He Did Not Want to Go to War, p.2
"The traveling man who sells hardware remarked that he was afraid he would die of heart disease if he was ever compelled to go to the front. His friends wanted to know what made him think so, and after lighting a fresh cigar he said:
“It was…
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