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Pacification
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Pacification
Pain (See SUFFERING.)
Aegir
sea god, stiller of storms on the ocean. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 16]
Feng
name taken by Odin in capacity of wave-stiller. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 328]
Saul and David
David plays his harp to mollify King Saul. [O.T.: I Samuel 16:16, 23]


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Art isn't only capable of such mollification, it already provides as much, whether we are conscious of it or not.
We can observe in that historical epoch, particularly in the Greek and Roman periods of ancient history, the "sparks of ennoblement" and mollification of some excessively crude forms of warfare.
Meanwhile, no mollification of Russia on the Baltics' early entry should be proffered, as it will hamper the disciplined approach necessary to move Russia toward meeting membership standards.
 
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