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The wars fought by human beings are stimulated as a rule primarily by the same instincts… — Edmund Wilson

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The wars fought by human beings are stimulated as a rule primarily by the same instincts as the voracity of the sea slug.

Edmund Wilson
1962
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Man and animalsWar
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WarHistorical literature
Time
1962
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Edmund Wilson
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Wilson, Edmund. Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War. Oxford University Press, 1962, introduction.

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