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There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Havelock Ellis

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Havelock Ellis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1859
Born: February 2
Died: 1939
Died: July 8
Physician
Psychologist
Writer
Henry Havelock Ellis
H. Havelock Ellis
Without
Nothing
Antiwar
Achieved
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Peace
War
Better
Ever

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