How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Everybody must die, and history seems to show (you're a historian, so you'll agree with me here), history seems to show that the soldier's death is the best death. Facing fearful odds, as the poet says Ashes of his brothers, temples of his gods, and so on. I don't think you'd find anybody against the present system. (6.2.36)
Tristram's worst fears are confirmed when he realizes that the British Government is now depending on the British Army for population control: rather than rationing food or babies, the nation will simply kill off the surplus population by sending it off to war (against itself).