George Meredith: The work of hands not pledged to grind or slay

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war George Meredith: Selections on peace and war ==== George Meredith From The Test of Manhood Like a flood river whirled at rocky banks, An army issues out of wilderness, With battle plucking round its ragged flanks; Obstruction in the van; insane […]