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The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.

Arthur Helps

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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Sir Arthur Helps
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