He had grown used to the terrors of war and could face them unflinchingly; but its pathos!, someway always brought tears to his old, dim eyes.
Explanation:
This sentence explains how the actual battle itself wasn't difficult for the man so cope with, but the pathos (a quality that evokes pity or sadness) made the man sad.
religion to any of the prostrate figures in whom there might yet linger a spark of life.
Explanation:
this sentence is saying that after the battle lots of people were dead but this mans job was to go looking for people who still might have a chance to live but realistically there was no one left so that just shows that the aftermath of a battle can be worse than the battle itself.
