A handwritten note titled Copy of Statement discusses willful defiance of military authority and claims the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it, echoing the sentiments found in Siegfried Sassoon’s Statement of Willful Defiance.

Siegfried Sassoon’s Statement of Willful Defiance

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Siegfried Sassoon’s statement of willful defiance July 17(?), 1917 I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority because I believe that the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.

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