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Peace In Our Time

Peace In Our Time

  • In 1945 Britain ruled a quarter of the globe. Thirty years later it ruled just a few small islands.
  • International wars became rare only after 1945, largely thanks to the new threat of nuclear annihilation.
  • While war became less profitable, peace became more lucrative than ever.
  • The economy has grown exponentially, and humankind today enjoys the kind of wealth that used to be the stuff of fairy tales.

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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.

“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.” — Helen Keller

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