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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
Ernest Hemingway: Selections on war
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Ernest Hemingway
From A Farewell to Arms (1929)
“What do you think of the war really?” I asked.
“I think it is stupid.”
“Who will win it?”
“Italy.”
“Why?”
“They are a younger nation.”
“Do younger nations always win wars?”
“They are apt to for a time.”
“Then what happens?”
“They become older nations.”
“You said you were not wise.”
“Dear boy, that is not wisdom. That is cynicism.”
“It sounds very wise to me.”
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