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It is once again Veterans Day, something I have noted in my blogging several times before (here, here, here, here, here, and here). It is also the centennial of the end of World War I, so the observance has particular significance today. I find myself obliged to make some remarks about it, but I do not know that there is anything I can add either to what I have already said or to what I know has been said, is being said, and will be said by others. The semblance of sense I have lately grown tells me I ought to keep my mouth shut when I know I have nothing to add, so