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That is the price nations must pay for going to war, even in a just cause.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “That is the price nations must pay for going to war, even in a just cause.”
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Reid reflects on the costs nations incur when engaging in warfare, even for just causes.
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