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So Far As I Can See, The Atomic Bomb Has Deadened The Finest Feeling That Has Sustained For Ages. There Used To Be So-called Laws Of War, Which Made It Tolerable. Now We Know The Truth. War Knows No Law Except That Of Might. The Atomic Bomb Brought An Empty Victory But It Resulted For The Time Being In Destroying The Soul Of Japan. What Has Happened To The Soul Of The Destroying Nation Is Yet Too Early To See.

-Mahatma Gandhi

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So Far As I

Mahatma Gandhi

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So Far As I Can See, The Atomic Bomb Has Deadened The Finest Feeling That Has Sustained For Ages. There Used To Be So-called Laws Of War, Which Made It Tolerable. Now We Know The Truth. War Knows No Law Except That Of Might. The Atomic Bomb Brought An Empty Victory But It Resulted For The Time Being In Destroying The Soul Of Japan. What Has Happened To The Soul Of The Destroying Nation Is Yet Too Early To See.

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