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> [The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/the-crux-of-the-matter-is-whether-total-war-in-its-present-form-is/)

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## More by John Hersey

> [When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/when-the-writing-is-really-working-i-think-there-is-something-like/)

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> [Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/learning-starts-with-failure-the-first-failure-is-the-beginning-of/)

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> [The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/the-crux-of-the-matter-is-whether-total-war-in-its-present-form-is/)

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> [“Mankind must destroy anti-humanity before it becomes extinct itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/mankind-must-destroy-anti-humanity-before-it-becomes-extinct-itself/)

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> [“This private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive, and the green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/this-private-estate-was-far-enough-away-from-the-explosion-so-that/)

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> [And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/and-as-if-nature-were-protecting-man-against-his-own-ingenuity-the/)

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> [To my great surprise, I never heard anyone cry out in the disorder, even though they suffered in great agony. They died in silence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/to-my-great-surprise-i-never-heard-anyone-cry-out-in-the-disorder/)

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> [“…she looked like Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, only she was fat and her lake was dust, sand and dust, bones and dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/she-looked-like-vivien-the-lady-of-the-lake-only-she-was-fat-and-her/)

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> [The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/the-writer-must-not-invent-the-legend-on-the-license-must-read-none/)

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> [Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/journalism-allows-its-readers-to-witness-history-fiction-gives-its/)

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> [The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills - when, for instance, the white count…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/the-third-stage-was-the-reaction-that-came-when-the-body-struggled-to/)

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> [The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/the-first-stage-had-been-all-over-before-the-doctors-even-knew-they/)

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> [Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/do-not-work-primarily-for-money-do-your-duty-to-patients-first-and/)

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> [At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/at-exactly-fifteen-minutes-past-eight-in-the-morning-on-august-6-1945/)

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> [Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hersey/many-people-who-did-not-die-right-away-came-down-with-nausea-headache/)

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