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War Quotes by Townsend Harris
- The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage…
- If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
- In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.
- If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.
- In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
- The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with…
- The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.
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