Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and with calm pulse to exterminate his kind.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, humorist
From 'Letters from the Earth'.
c. 1909 (written), 1962 (published posthumously)
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