We need not war to awaken human energy. There is at least equal scope for courage and magnanimity in blessing, as in destroying mankind. (William Ellery Channing)

We need not war to awaken human energy. There is at least equal scope for courage and magnanimity in blessing, as in destroying mankind.

William Ellery Channing

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