 | China - 1992 - 452 pages
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 | James Panabaker - History - 2004 - 264 pages
...military matters or venture a prediction as to the outcome, though his hope was high in that regard. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. . . . Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.... | |
 | V. Neil Wyrick - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 132 pages
...to a nation now crisscrossed with scars and the agony of it spilled forth as his words reached out. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...other would accept war rather than let it perish.... Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.... | |
 | Wade Hall - History - 2005 - 904 pages
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 | Timothy Flanagan - History - 2004 - 106 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war— seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated...accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.... | |
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Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. 
