It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, …

Samuel Johnson
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It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth much, when it has suffered the devastations of a siege. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., p.3
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