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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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It is quite true that my film's view of man is less flattering than the one Rousseau entertained in a similarly allegorical narrative—but, in order to avoid fascism, does one have to view man as a noble savage, rather than an ignoble one? Being a pessimist is not yet enough to qualify one to be regarded as a tyrant (I hope)...The age of the alibi, in which we find ourselves, began with the opening sentence of Rousseau's Emile: 'Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society's fault.' It is based on two misconceptions: that man in his natural state was happy and good, and that primal man had no society...Rousseau's romantic fallacy that it is society which corrupts man, not man who corrupts society, places a flattering gauze between ourselves and reality.
- Stanley Kubrick
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July 8
1915: Order in Council passed to increase Canadian Expeditionary Force to 150,000 men
1919: The RCR deploy from the Halifax Garrison in Aid of the Civil Power to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
1944: Battle of Buron - Highland Light Infantry Despite their terrible losses, the Highland Light Infantry are proud of their first major action. Eleven soldiers were decorated for various acts of valour and inspired leadership, and Buron is eventually added to the regiments battle honours. The RHF of C holds an annual officers mess dinner in honour.
1944: Operation Charnwood, frontal assault on Caen begins (Caen taken 9-10 July 43)
1944: THE ORNE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 9 July 44)
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