Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@theabhayk @DalrympleWill @jorgeheinel @PritishNandy @mkoirala @holdengraber After his son's death, in a poem titled "Epitaphs of the War", Kipling wrote "If any question why we died / Tell them, because our fathers lied."

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Quoted by@DalrympleWill @EmpirePodUK A poignant segue into fatherhood and Empire, perhaps?Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @kebayf Kipling, one of the First World War's earliest and most prominent public supporters, wrote 'The Gardener' while searching war cemeteries for the grave of his son, last seen on the battlefield at Loos, blinded by an injury, staggering, alone.Quoted by@kebayf Kipling, one of the First World War's earliest and most prominent public supporters, wrote 'The Gardener' while searching war cemeteries for the grave of his son, last seen on the battlefield at Loos, blinded by an injury, staggering, alone.