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"What's going on outside, Ravic? 'Nothing new, Kate. The world goes on eagerly preparing for suicide and at the same time deluding itself about what it's doing. 'Will there be war? 'Everyone knows that there will be war. What one does not yet know is when. Everyone expects a miracle. Ravic smiled. 'Never before have I seen so many politicians who believe in miracles as at present in France and England. And never so few as in Germany. She remained lying silent for a while. 'To think that it should be possible- she said then. 'Yes- it seems so impossible that it will happen some day. Just because one considers it so impossible and doesn't protect oneself against it."
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