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| 1afbd85 | How then to enforce peace? Not by reason, certainly, nor by education. If a man could not look at the fact of peace and the fact of war and choose the former in preference to the latter, what additional argument could persuade him? What could be more eloquent as a condemnation of war than war itself? | condemnation decision man peace preference war | Isaac Asimov | |
| bbd53e1 | Characters carrying the playwright's disapproval is a un-Shakespearian burden. | bitterness compassion condemnation conviction curiosity graciousness openness | Harold Bloom |