John Edward Williams Quotes

But I Can See What Has Ensued. A War Doesn't Merely Kill Off A Few Thousand Or A Few Hundred Thousand Young Men. It Kills Off Something In A People That Can Never Be Brought Back. And If A People Goes Through Enough Wars, Pretty Soon All That's Left Is The Brute, The Creature That We - You And I And Others Like Us - Have Brought Up From The Slime." He Paused For A Long Moment; Then He Smiled Slightly. "The Scholar Should Not Be Asked To Destroy What He Has Aimed His Life To Build.

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