We have the immense background of War and of Revolution. Th… - Wyndham Lewis

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We have the immense background of War and of Revolution. That is enough — the blood is gratis! Both the soldier and the communist enrol themselves to murder — one under militarist rules, the other under marxist disciplines. But both are homicide-clubs, you call your victim "Hun", you call him "Bourgeois", it is all one — no, wars and communes have cheapened murder.

Wyndham Lewis

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Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was an English polemicist, novelist, essayist, critic and Vorticist painter.

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Alternative Names: Percy Wyndham Lewis • Percy William Lewis • Percy Lewis • Wyndham Percy Lewis

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