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he fell into a shell hole and found a mud-encrusted book. He stuffed this into his pocket and carried on, but he was knocked out by a shell explosion. When he became conscious he discovered that the book was a Bible. An officer told him to keep it for luck. 92 years later the original owner of the
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and his masterly touch is already apparent. … The printing of these…… represents a triumph for
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for his bravery that night. Hodgson was later involved in the
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