• If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.

  Ruth Benedict
  American anthropologist and folklorist
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1. examination
2. possessed
3. objective
4. always
5. traits
6. merits

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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. by : Ruth Benedict

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