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"The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men."

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In discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome.

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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.

— Carlos Fuentes

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