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THE CRIMINALITY OF WAR by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765)

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First Line: ONE TO DESTROY IS MURDER BY THE LAW
Last Line: WAR'S GLORIOUS ART, AND GIVES IMMORTAL FAME.
Subject(s): CRIME & CRIMINALS; FAME; INJUSTICE; MURDER; SOCIAL PROTEST; WAR; REPUTATION;
One to destroy is murder by the law;
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.



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