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Quote:It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.[Thomas Paine]

Quote:Man's conquest of Nature turns out, in the moment of its consummation, to be Nature's conquest of Man.[C.S. Lewis]



Definitions of: conquest

Definition: The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

Definition: That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Definition: The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Definition: The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

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