The Shield of Achilles [0] hits a lot harder than September 1, 1939, in my opinion, though I still like "We must love one another, or die" as a flat assertion of fact.
Out of the air a voice without a face
Proved by statistics that some cause was just
In tones as dry and level as the place:
No one was cheered and nothing was discussed;
Column by column in a cloud of dust
They marched away enduring a belief
Whose logic brought them, somewhere else, to grief.
