The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the nex…

E. B. White
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers, p.200, Cornell University Press
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers, p.200, Cornell University Press

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