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War - Philosophy IX
"War is much to serious a thing to be left to the military."
Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular." Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "War is the national industry of Prussia." Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791) "War is the trade of Kings." John Dryden (1631-1700) "War its ten thousand slays, Peace its ten thousands." Beilby Porteus (1731-1808) "War lays a burden on the reeling state, And peace does nothing to relieve the weight." "But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play it." William Cowper (1731-1800) "My argument is that War makes rattling good history, but peace is poor reading." "Only a man harrowing clods In a slow silent walk With an old horse that stumbles and nods Half asleep as they stalk. Only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couch grass; Yet this will go onward the same Though Dynasties pass. Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by: War's annals will cloud into night Ere their story die." Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) |
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"He's a cheery old card", cried Harry to Jack,
As they trudged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both, with his plan of attack...
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War is cruelty,the crueler it is the faster it's over.
General Sherman
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Nice patch Houdini, what is it?
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General Sherman wrote that right after riding through Georgia.He wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln when he reached the sea telling him he had made it with a phrase similar to..."I have reached the sea Mr.President and I am now heading into the heart of the Rebellion.You may hear reports of cruelty but war is cruel and the crueler it is the faster it's over."
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