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A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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On this day:
Battle of Evesham - 1265, Calais Captured and Colonised - 1347, Foundation of the Red Cross - 1870, Britain declares War on Germany - 1914, Super Saturday - 2012
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