"Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall."

Men, Fighting, Years

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"Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall."

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