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War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers.
Scott Nearing
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"War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers."
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War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers. — Scott Nearing

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Scott Nearing was a Activist from United States (1883–1983).

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Scott Nearing lived from 1883 – 1983.
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