“‘Peace upon earth!’ was said. We sing it, / And pay a million priests to bring it. / After two thousand years of mass / We’ve got as far as poison-gas.” – Thomas Hardy
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"’Peace upon earth!’ was said. We sing it, / And pay a million priests to bring it. / After two thousand years of mass / We’ve got as far as poison-gas." – Thomas Hardy
"’Peace upon earth!’ was said. We sing it, / And pay a million priests to bring it. / After two thousand years of mass / We’ve got as far as poison-gas." – Thomas Hardy
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