When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.
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indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be
repeatedly emphasized.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.
