It is doubtful whether our soldiers would be maintained if there were not pacific people at home who like to… — George Eliot
It is doubtful whether our soldiers would be maintained if there were not pacific people at home who like to fancy themselves soldiers. War, like other dramatic spectacles, might possibly cease for want of a "public."
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