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Rebecca West: Before a war...

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy. But after a war it seems more like astrology.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Rebecca West, (Dec 25 1892-1983), Irish author, journalist; Her works include The Meaning of Treason, 1949 and The Fountain Overflows, 1957.


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