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Yes, quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat if met where any bar… — Thomas Hardy

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Yes, quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat if met where any bar is, Or help to half-a-crown.

Thomas Hardy
1902
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Absurdity of warWar
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1902
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Thomas Hardy
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Hardy, Thomas. "The Man He Killed." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 1998.
Original citation
Hardy, Thomas. "The Man He Killed." Harper's Weekly, 8 Nov. 1902.

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