1:52:05
I can't tell you
anything you don't know.
1:52:08
We live in the trenches
out there. We fight.
1:52:12
We try not to be killed;
sometimes we are.
1:52:18
That's all.
1:52:23
(Professor)
No. No, Paul.
1:52:25
I've been there!
I know what it's like.
1:52:28
That's not what one
dwells on, Paul.
1:52:31
I heard you in here reciting
that same old stuff...
1:52:34
making more iron men,
more young heroes.
1:52:38
You still think it's beautiful and sweet
to die for your country, don't you?
1:52:43
We used to think you knew.
1:52:45
The first bombardment
taught us better.
1:52:48
It's dirty and painful
to die for your country.
1:52:51
When it comes to dying for your country,
it's better not to die at all!
1:52:55
There are millions out there dying for
their countries, and what good is it?
1:52:59
- (All Chattering)
- (Professor) Paul!
1:53:03
You asked me to tell them
how much they're needed out there.
1:53:07
He tells you, "Go out and die."
1:53:09
Oh, but if you'll pardon me,
it's easier to say "Go out
and die" than it is to do it.
1:53:13
- (Boy) Coward!
- And it's easier to say it
than to watch it happen.
1:53:18
- (Angry Clamouring)
- (Professor) No! No! Boys, boys!
1:53:23
- I'm sorry, Baumer, but I must say...
- It's no use talking like this.
1:53:27
You won't know
what I mean.
1:53:29
Only, it's been a long while since
we enlisted out of this classroom.
1:53:33
So long I thought maybe the whole
world had learned by this time.
1:53:38
Only now they're sending babies,
and they won't last a week!
1:53:42
I shouldn't have come
on leave.
1:53:44
Up at the front you're alive
or you're dead, and that's all!
1:53:47
You can't fool anybody
about that very long.
1:53:50
Up there we know we're lost and
done for whether we're dead or alive.
1:53:54
Three years we've had of it...
four years.
1:53:57
Every day a year
and every night a century.