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Men may actually go out to die for purposes in which they profoundly believe, though the cause which, as they judge, embodies those purposes has not, in fact, the remotest connexion with it.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski reflects on the complexities of belief and sacrifice in the context of war and ideology.
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