Some say teachers should, like soldiers, should put their lives on the line. This A.E. Housman poem brings up the question of whether even soldiers should do so when there sacrifice will be meaningless.
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Wanted: Teachers, Not Martyrs
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Would I Were in Grantchester
The BBC series “Grantchester” owes its inspiration to a Rupert Brooke poem.
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