Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence. - James Joyce

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James Joyce: "Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence."

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About	Adventurers	Battlefield	Bequeathed
Busy	Civilization	Combat	Eaters
Excellence	Feeble	Fierce	Full
Hunters	Hurry	Importance	Make
Meat	Perhaps	Refuses	Smiles
Something	Test	Things

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