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James Beck: “The war to end war only ended in unprecedented hatred between nation and nation, class and class, and man and man.”

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The war to end war only ended in unprecedented hatred between nation and nation, class and class, and man and man.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck critiques the aftermath of the war, highlighting the deep-seated animosities it fostered among nations and classes.

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