Henry Morley and W.H. Wills, 'the Soldier's Wife', Household Words Conducted by Charles Dickens, Vol. 11, NO. 265, 21 April 1855, PP. 278–80.
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We know in England much of the contents of the post-bag from the Crimea, and have been taught by the letters sent from persons in the army to their wives and mothers, that an English soldier, although a member of the lowest rank and file, has such a thing as a heart under his ribs, and can be, on the very battle-field, as full of tenderness and genuine refinement as any well-bred Lady Doris, who, in May Fair, “lulls the sultry hours away.” Who does not wish good wives and mothers to such men? Wh