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Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth… — Samuel Johnson

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Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.

Samuel Johnson
1758
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War and truthWar
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Essay
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1758Age of Enlightenment
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Samuel Johnson
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Johnson, Samuel. "Idler." Universal Chronicle, 11 Nov. 1758, no. 30.

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