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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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A Florentine Tragedy
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Oscar Wilde's "A Florentine Tragedy"
The first Act of this play is very "Wilde-ish" and, at the same time, very modern. Three characters, a merchant, his wife, and a visiting lord or high-class person discuss the trials of being a merchant and, from the lord's point,the uselessness of trading. Then a territorial war is waged-the prize is the wife.
The Preface is more concerned with Wilde's play,"Salome" and not connected with anything so could be deleted.
The first Act shows Wilde at his best and leaves the reader with wanting more.
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