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We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.
Philip Gibbs
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We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead. — Philip Gibbs

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Philip Gibbs was a Journalist from United Kingdom (1877–1962).

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Philip Gibbs lived from 1877 – 1962.
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