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"The War Prayer", a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up. The people call upon God to grant them victory and protect their troops. Suddenly, an "aged stranger" appears and announces that he is God's messenger. He explains to them that he is there to speak aloud the second part of their prayer for victory, the part which they have implicitly wished for but have not spoken aloud themselves: the prayer for the suffering and destruction of their enemies. What follows is a grisly depiction of hardships inflicted on war-torn nati

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  • Oración de guerra (es)
  • La Prière de la guerre (fr)
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  • La Prière de la guerre (The War Prayer) est un conte de Mark Twain, publié à titre posthume en novembre 1916, et qui dénonce l'aveuglement et la complaisance du patriotisme et de la religion à l'égard des réalités inhumaines de la guerre. (fr)
  • Oración de guerra (en inglés, The War Prayer) es un cuento corto escrito por Mark Twain (pseudónimo de Samuel Clemens) en 1904 como resultado de su rechazo por la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense en Cuba y Filipinas (1898). En él condena la guerra, y especialmente critica el fervor religioso y el patriotismo ciego como motivaciones o justificaciones de la guerra. (es)
  • "The War Prayer", a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up. The people call upon God to grant them victory and protect their troops. Suddenly, an "aged stranger" appears and announces that he is God's messenger. He explains to them that he is there to speak aloud the second part of their prayer for victory, the part which they have implicitly wished for but have not spoken aloud themselves: the prayer for the suffering and destruction of their enemies. What follows is a grisly depiction of hardships inflicted on war-torn nati (en)
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  • La Prière de la guerre (The War Prayer) est un conte de Mark Twain, publié à titre posthume en novembre 1916, et qui dénonce l'aveuglement et la complaisance du patriotisme et de la religion à l'égard des réalités inhumaines de la guerre. (fr)
  • Oración de guerra (en inglés, The War Prayer) es un cuento corto escrito por Mark Twain (pseudónimo de Samuel Clemens) en 1904 como resultado de su rechazo por la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense en Cuba y Filipinas (1898). En él condena la guerra, y especialmente critica el fervor religioso y el patriotismo ciego como motivaciones o justificaciones de la guerra. (es)
  • "The War Prayer", a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up. The people call upon God to grant them victory and protect their troops. Suddenly, an "aged stranger" appears and announces that he is God's messenger. He explains to them that he is there to speak aloud the second part of their prayer for victory, the part which they have implicitly wished for but have not spoken aloud themselves: the prayer for the suffering and destruction of their enemies. What follows is a grisly depiction of hardships inflicted on war-torn nations by their conquerors. The story ends with the man being ignored. (en)
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