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Unfortified by principle, subjected to poverty, stimulated by headlong passions, I made this powerful engine subservient to the supply of my wants, and the gratification of my vanity.

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden

Unfortified cities are no longer to be bombarded in any country.

From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Weston, Stephen Francis