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There Is A Hush Over All Europe, Nay, Over All The World. Alas! It Is The Hush Of Suspense, And In Many Lands It Is The Hush Of Fear. Listen! No, Listen Carefully, I Think I Hear Somethingyes, There It Was Quite Clear. Dont You Hear It? It Is The Tramp Of Armies Crunching The Gravel Of The Paradegrounds, Splashing Through Rain-soaked Fields, The Tramp Of Two Million German Soldiers And More Than A Million Italiansgoing On Maneuversyes, Only On Maneuvers!

-Winston Churchill

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There Is A Hush

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There Is A Hush Over All Europe, Nay, Over All The World. Alas! It Is The Hush Of Suspense, And In Many Lands It Is The Hush Of Fear. Listen! No, Listen Carefully, I Think I Hear Somethingyes, There It Was Quite Clear. Dont You Hear It? It Is The Tramp Of Armies Crunching The Gravel Of The Paradegrounds, Splashing Through Rain-soaked Fields, The Tramp Of Two Million German Soldiers And More Than A Million Italiansgoing On Maneuversyes, Only On Maneuvers!

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