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War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the conquered.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
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Literary Critic
Philosopher
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Henri-Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Brutal
Resistance
Destruction
War
Means
Enslavement
Mean
Suppression
Conquered
Fierce

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