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War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.
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Chapter 1, Section 3, Paragraph 8
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Variant translation: War is an act of violence which in its application knows no bonds.
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As quoted in The Campaign of 1914 in France and Belgium? (1915) by George Herbert Perris, p. 56

 

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