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This being so, it is necessary to recognise also that increased humanity in the mode of making war has in reality followed upon the gradual softening of manners.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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gutenberg.orgThomas Erskine Holland: “This being so, it is necessary to recognise also that increased humanity in the mode of making war has in reality…”
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Holland acknowledges that increased humanity in warfare has followed the gradual improvement of societal manners.
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