Every farthing, with the smallest exceptions conceivable, of the scores or hundreds of millions which a war may cost, goes directly, and very violently, to stimulate production, though it is intended ultimately for waste or for destruction.
Morley illustrates how the vast costs of war ultimately stimulate production, despite the intended destruction.
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