War in men's eyes shall be ... by Charles Mackay, a British Poet

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“War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.”

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Name: Charles Mackay

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 1814

Date of Death: 1889

Profession: Poet

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If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

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He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

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War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

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Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.

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Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

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