War kills wealth as it does men; it goes away in ruins and smoke, and one cannot fabricate gold any more than soldiers. (Henri Barbusse)

War kills wealth as it does men; it goes away in ruins and smoke, and one cannot fabricate gold any more than soldiers.

Henri Barbusse

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