who is at the front in the 1st Sherwood Foresters, which was engaged a good deal last week. She has not heard anything of him for three weeks, & to-day a parcel she sent him was returned – without however any intimation of his death. They may of course merely have lost sight of him for the time being but it does look rather bad; if anything like that happens to me with regard to Roland I don’t know what I shall do. At least my own trouble makes me feel more acutely for these other poor people who are anxious too. It only means more personal sorrow of course but I do not regret it – I think it must be better so. I should never spiritually progress if everything always went right for me & I never had to suffer, never had to work out my own soul’s redemption “with suffering & through time.”
News of casualties continues to pour in – still the results of Neuve Chappelle & St Eloi. The lists seem to grow longer every day; it feels impossible to believe that anyone who goes out there can ever return. And yet I suppose one must do the hard thing – not give way to despair & try to hope for the best.
Brittain, Vera, Diary, 22 March 1915
Case Study:
From Youth to Experience: Vera Brittain’s Work for Peace in Two World Wars
Creator:
Brittain, Vera
Source:
diary
Date:
22 March 1915
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Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Vera Brittain estate; McMaster University has a non-exclusive licence to publish this document.
Identifier:
00000290-2
Language:
eng
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