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War's least horror is th' ensanguin'd field. / - Barbauld
There are few maxims of more unfailing truth than that "A tree is known by its fruits; " and I will acknowledge that if the lawfulness of war were to be determined by a reference to its consequences, I should willingly consign it to this test, in the belief that, if popular impressions were suspended, a good, or a benevolent, or a reasoning man would find little cause to decide in its favor.