human
His health was still delicate; he possessed neither the training nor instincts of a soldier; war and fighting were repugnant to his whole moral and physical fibre. No one, in short, could have been by nature less disposed for the duty which now became urgent.
gpt
The invasion of Belgium shattered his hopes and his ideals. He now realized the stern truth that England must fight, and, if England must fight, he must bear his part in the fighting. He had been made, when only twenty-six, Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire, and as such President of the Territorial Force Association. It was his official duty to
human
His decision was quickly and quietly made.
gpt
He was the only son of his mother, and what it meant to her he knew full well; but there was no hesitation, no repining, no looking back. He took a commission in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and on the 15th of March, 1915, he started with a draft for France. On the 12th of April he was killed.
human
It is not --he had just written to his mother--
gpt
Duchess Jane, who, besides other achievements even more remarkable, raised the
human
Gordon Highlanders