Oh, life!" I silently petitioned the future... if I do finally decide to marry G. and have a family — and I'm not absolutely certain, yet, that I rea… - Vera Brittain

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Oh, life!" I silently petitioned the future... if I do finally decide to marry G. and have a family — and I'm not absolutely certain, yet, that I really want to do either — please grant that I have only daughters; I'm afraid, in the world as it is, to have a son. Our generation is condemned, condemned, and the League, and all that it stands for, is only a brittle toy in the hands of ruthless, primeval forces!

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About Vera Brittain

Vera Mary Brittain (December 29, 1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War I and the growth of her ideology of pacifism.

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Alternative Names: Vera Mary Brittain • Vera (Mary) Brittain
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I have tried to write the exact truth as I saw and see it about both myself and other people, since a book of this kind has no value unless it is honest... It is not by accident that what I have written constitutes, in effect, the indictment of a civilisation.
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