Peace and Progress: Two Symphonic Poems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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On the other hand, War unbridles all ferocious passions; it makes men perform actions which they would blush even to contemplate in times of peace; it wastes immeasurable treasure; it sacrifices precious lives, generally the best and strongest part of the manhood of a Nation, and when what is called thearbitrament of arms has been decided, the great ques tions at issue are not settled in consonance with eternal Justice, but only arbitrarily and by chance. Often they are not settled at all, but are temporarily dropped, to be discussed in the same senseless fashion again, as two dogs would quarrel over a dry bone, neither get ting any advantage.

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