War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and d…

John Stuart Mill
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. ✨ The Contest in America, Fraser's Magazine, February 1862.
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