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Aldous Huxley

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

Aldous Huxley

Men

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Aldous Huxley is pointing out that it is shocking and wrong for people who do not have any personal reason to hate each other to be taught how to kill calmly and deliberately. He highlights the unnatural and cruel nature of war, where strangers become enemies through training rather than personal conflict.

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