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It is made, if ever war was made, to touch all the great springs of action in the human breast.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “It is made, if ever war was made, to touch all the great springs of action in the human breast.”
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Burke emphasizes the profound emotional impact that war has on humanity.
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