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War is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. this may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the potter.
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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War Is Never Lenient But Where It

Thomas B. Macaulay
War is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. this may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the potter.
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