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One of these poor unhappy men--drove to the last extreem by the rage of hunger--eat his own fingers up to the first joint from the hand, before he died.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “One of these poor unhappy men--drove to the last extreem by the rage of hunger--eat his own fingers up to the first…”
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Beveridge describes the extreme desperation of a soldier driven to cannibalism due to starvation.
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