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Soldiers and armaments, now nursed as a Peace establishment, become the fruitful parent of new wars.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Soldiers and armaments, now nursed as a Peace establishment, become the fruitful parent of new wars.”
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Sumner warns that maintaining military forces under the guise of peace can lead to future conflicts.
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