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Patriotic Gore (1962)
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The wars fought by human beings are stimulated as a rule primarily by the same instincts as the voracity of a sea slug.
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The cruellest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth has been to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.
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Whenever we engage in a war or move in on some other country, it is always to liberate somebody.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
May 8, 1895
Died:
June 12, 1972
(aged 77)
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