So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces. (Havelock Ellis)

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

Havelock Ellis

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