History can only take things in the gross;But could we know them in detail, perchanceIn balancing the profit and the loss,War's merit it by no means might enhance,To waste so much gold for a little dross,As hath been done, mere conquest to advance.The drying up a single tear has moreOf honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
-Lord Byron
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