![]() ![]() He reiterates the point every time we meet for coffee, with the wisdom of he who knows is lost, and knows that no matter how hard he tries for an exit, he’ll only find doors filled with confusion and dread. Now I’m a slave for the worst government ever, this according to the man who was once my thesis advisor, a history expert. And that is how I came up with the subject for my thesis. ![]() Or almost: “This was written by that dude who says Cadenas is a huge plagiarist lol”. Such an absurd idea! The reader of these pages will already have noticed the clumsiness in my style. I took that as a praise, as I was only known as an anti-plagiarism censor and as someone who once entertained the brief thought of writing novels that reflected Venezuelan reality. That it was just a test meant to gauge the audience’s reaction. ![]() A few dared insinuate that the poem was mine. That was the exercise: guessing who the author was. The coherence of the poem would demand a history, sparing us all from the gunshot.” The coherence of the poet would demand a gunshot, sparing us all from the poem. “The coherence of history would demand a gunshot, sparing us all from the poet. A few years ago, I posted this poem by Julio Miranda on Facebook: ![]()
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![]() Colours may be inscribed with the names of battles or other symbols representing former achievements (see battle honours). They were therefore treated with reverence as they represented the honour and traditions of the regiment. Regimental flags are generally awarded to a regiment by a head of state during a ceremony. In the chaos of battle, not least due to the amount of dust and smoke on a battlefield, soldiers needed to be able to determine where their regiment was. 1847 ( British Library)Īs armies became trained and adopted set formations, each regiment's ability to keep its formation was potentially critical to its, and therefore its army's, success. Watercolour painting showing a Hindu priest garlanding the regimental colours of the 35th Bengal Light Infantry, a regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry in the Army of East India Company's Bengal Presidency in c.
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