You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
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Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
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