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I am not one of those who believe that a great army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up a great profession those who form parts of it want to exercise their profession.

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Quote Author: Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle

Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle

Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle

(1801-1866) Letter, 21 Oct 1859; in The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1970 - Scottish daughter of physician, writer at age 14, married Thomas Carlyle 1826.

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