Sebastian JungerWar is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.
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A quote from a poem called “War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.”Here, the speaker declares that war is a process that can be applied to any situation, real or imaginary. In other words, war is a way of describing anything from small disagreements to large conflicts. The idea is that someone can take a concept from one situation and apply it to another.
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