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If anything could aggravate the inherent brutality of this act, it is the character of the man upon whom it was committed.
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This quote highlights the brutality of an act and the character of the victim, emphasizing moral outrage.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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