On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
When we take a survey of mankind, we cannot help cursing the wretch, who, to the unavoidable misfortunes of nature, shall wilfully add the calamities of war.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine reflects on the human condition, condemning those who deliberately inflict the miseries of war upon the natural misfortunes of life.
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