“It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.”
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
