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I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation.

~ Elie Ducommun

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Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!

~ Elie Ducommun

Civilization Instrument Napoleon No-One Progress Refer Sword

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War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages.

~ Elie Ducommun

Character Civilization Factor Indeed International Major Nations Politics Principal Progress Questions Shapes Stages Successive Through War

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Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above the beast.

~ Elie Ducommun

Able Above Beast Been Destructive Entirely Frequent However Intellectual Man May Moral Moral Sense Never Raises Sense Wars Which

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Elie Ducommun

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19 February, 1833

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07 December, 1906

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