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the quick and the dead
The dreaded word ‘gas’ was sounded along the line. Instantly ‘tin hats’ were flung off and gas-masks donned, a feat which was performed quicker than it takes to write, for we thoroughly believed in the oft-repeated maxim that in a gas attack there were but two kinds of men – the quick and the dead. – Henry Russell, Slaves of the War Lords
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