:03:00
...many of my regiment
had never seen a Negro.
:03:04
But now the roads are choked
with the dispossessed.
:03:09
We fight for men and women
whose poetry is not yet written...
:03:14
...but which will presently be
as enviable and as renowned as any.
:03:22
Last night we heard
of yet another defeat...
:03:26
...but we are not disheartened.
:03:28
I am honoured to be part
of such a splendid company.
:03:32
They have made me captain,
of which I am enormously proud.
:03:37
You would think it strange
to see me giving orders to 100 men...
:03:41
...most of whom are older than I am.
:03:45
Thank you for sending
my volume of Emerson.
:03:49
His words come home to me like truth.
:03:52
''A deep man, '' he says, ''believes
that the evil eye can wither...
:03:58
... that the heart's
blessing can heal...
:04:01
...and that love
can overcome all odds. ''
:04:08
My dearest love to Father.
:04:11
Your son, Robert.
:04:44
Fire!