Excerpt from Simple Tales, Vol. 3 of 4 Is war an irremediable evil? - Some will answer, No - and indulging their pleas ing speculations, they will look forward with certainty to the time When peace shall assume unrivalled sway over the world. But the cautious believer in experi. Ence only, asserts the fallacy of these delightful visions, and tells us that war is an evil which must for ever exist, -that it is incident to humanity, and must continue to desolate the world till time shall be no more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.