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“Of all man’s follies, war is the most stupid, and the most evil. Of the legion of stupid misconceptions about war, perhaps the worst is that it is glorious. It isn’t. It is only pain and terror and hunger and disease and tears. And money of course. There is always profit in the suffering of others.”

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Book:A Rare and Dangerous Beast
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