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| - | === THE MOTIVE FOR WAR === | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
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| THERE has never been a just motive, never an honorable one—on the part of the instigator of the war. | THERE has never been a just motive, never an honorable one—on the part of the instigator of the war. | ||
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| And now the whole nation—pulpit and all—will take up the war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. | And now the whole nation—pulpit and all—will take up the war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. | ||
| - | Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. | + | Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. —From The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. (Published over 30 years ago.) |
| - | —From The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. (Published over 30 years ago.) | + | </ |
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