War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war. (William Faulkner)

War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

William Faulkner

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