I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always goes to
war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go to war, but
men. It is like salt. Once one has been to war, one has salt for the rest
of one's life.
-- John Fowles, The Magus
The Box, 1969 by Kendrew LaSalles
Once upon a time in the land of Hush-a-Bye,
Around about the wonderous days of yore,
They came across a sort of box, all bound with chains and
locked with locks,
And labeled, "Kindly Do Not Touch....