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I think we reminded them of what peace was like, we boys of sixteen. We were registered with no draft board, we had taken no physical examinations. No one had ever tested us for hernia or color blindness. Trick knees and punctured eardrums were minor complaints and not yet disabilities which would separate a few from the fate of the rest. We were careless and wild, and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve. Anyway, they were more indulgent toward us than at any other time; they snapped at the heels of seniors, driving and molding and arming them for the war. They noticed our games tolerantly. We reminded them of what peace was like, of lives which were not bound up with destruction.


John Knowles


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Did you know about John Knowles?

He attended St. Early in Knowles's career he wrote for the Hartford Courant and was assistant editor for Holiday magazine while he concurrently began writing novels of which he eventually completed seven. In his home town Knowles’ father was the vice president of a coal company and they received a steady income affording them a decent standard of living.

John Knowles (September 16 1926 – November 29 2001) was an American novelist best known for his novel A Separate Peace. He died in 2001 at the age of 75.

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