laissezferre:It has been estimated that […] the civilized world, in every part of the globe, fires o

laissezferre:It has been estimated that […] the civilized world, in every part of the globe, fires off daily one hundred and fifty useless cannon shots. At six francs per shot, that amounts to nine hundred thousand francs a day, or three hundred million a year, gone up in smoke. This is only one item. Meanwhile, the poor are dying of hunger.-Victor Hugo, Les Miserables -- source link

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