Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slig

Battles, in these ages, are transacted by mechanism; with the slightest possible development of human individuality or spontaneity; men now even die, and kill one another, in an artificial manner. – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, vol 1, book VII, chapter 4

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