“War will come again after this one. It will come again as long as it can be determined by people other than those who fight.”

— Henri Barbusse

Light (1919), Ch. XVI - De Profundis Clamavi
Context: War will come again after this one. It will come again as long as it can be determined by people other than those who fight. The same causes will produce the same effects, and the living will have to give up all hope.

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