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But the days go on, and we are\ngetting accustomed to live in a state of war; war has\nalmost become a normal condition of existence. At\nfirst we could do nothing but consider the facts of\nthe great quarrel of nations and the exploits of the\narmies. War for the moment seemed to be our life,\nour culture, and our religion. But things have\nchanged. War started by concentrating us and\nmaking us narrow, but now it is giving us greater\nbreadth. We have become more interested in the\nhome life of our Allies, in the after-the-war prospects\nof Europe, in the future of our own British\nEmpire and of the wide world generally. The war\nhas given us a larger consciousness, and we have\nbecome, as some say, Continental. In any case,[x]\nwe are much less insular. France and Russia have\nbecome real places to the man in the street, and the\naccount he gives of them is more credible. 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