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THE GOAL by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON

First Line: NOT WAR FOR THE SAKE OF WAR
Last Line: HAS PRISONED THE SOUL OF MAN.

NOT war for the sake of war,
But war that war may cease.
Not peace for the sake of peace,
But to open each rusted door
That since the world began
Has prisoned the soul of man.



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