"Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war."

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Source: Ernest Hemingway, William Kozlenko (1942). “Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time”, New York : Crown Publishers

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Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway was a celebrated American novelist and short story writer known for his distinctive prose style and works like 'The Old Man and the Sea.'

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