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War can not be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet on which we live.

War can not be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet on which we live.

Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial

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Nikola Tesla
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Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Nikola Tesla: life dates 1856 to 1943. Wikidata Q9036, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9036 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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