As military regulations state that it is the duty of every prisoner of war to make immediate and strenuous effort to escape, and as every man is at heart an adventurer, it is not surprising that our languid community was from time to time regaled by the rumours of impending sorties.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "As military regulations state that it is the duty of every prisoner of war to make immediate and strenuous effort to escape, and as every man is at heart an adventurer, it is not surprising that our languid community was from time to time regaled by the rumours of impending sorties." in the context of "(1919), The Prisoners of Mainz, chapter: Chapter X. How We Did Not Escape, pages: 152–171, publisher: Chapman & Hall, Ltd (quote from p. 152)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.