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- not comparableWithout war, devoid of war.
Well; for nine and twenty years he held that vast empire warless; even though it included within its boundaries many restless and savage tribes.
1921, Kenneth Morris, The Crest-Wave of Evolution2 more examples
Alas! in this he did not prove himself a true prophet, although it must be conceded that many wars have been averted or shortened by means of the telegraph, and there are some who hope that a warless age is even now being conceived in the womb of time.
1914, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and JournalsIt is really quite idle to dream of a warless world in which States are still absolutely free to annoy one another with tariffs, with the blocking and squeezing of trade routes, with the ill-treatment of immigrants and travelling strangers, and between which there is no means of settling boundary disputes.
1916, H. G. Wells, What is Coming?
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