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Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" -- with his mouth.
--Mark Twain
I intended to write a short, insightful piece about war, but then I discovered that I know little that is new about the subject except for what I have read that was written by others. For example: Henry Miller, in The Wisdom of the Heart, said: "We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we'd have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong."
Anything I could understandably say (or write) about war, whether foolish or wondrously insightful, has already been said.
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Book Review by PAUL CONSTANT
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I recently read somewhere that The Oxford English Dictionary says the word agnostic first showed up as a noun for a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of immaterial things, especially of the existence or nature of God.
According to that definition, then, I now profess to be an agnostic.
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Did You Know . . .?
MIT is developing a wristband that can regulate your 'thermal comfort' possible eliminating the need for central heating and cooling.
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HISTORICAL EVENT
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WORD FOR TODAY
dreadnought [dred-nawt]
noun
1. a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets.
2. an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
3. a thick cloth with a long pile.
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War does not determine who is right -- only who is left.
--Bertrand Russell
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