[Ads-l] "War is Hell"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Peter Reitan wrote:
> The book, The Helleniad, an Epic Poem, by George McHenry, published in 1850 (available in various online archives including HathiTrust), includes the lines,
>
> "Preferring hell to heaven: for war is hell, and peace is heaven even in this world."

Yes, that is an interesting citation. It was mentioned by John Baker
back in 2009:
https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2009-January/087049.html

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