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Page viii
... side to sleep his Sunday's sleep , had kept an eye on the little doings in embassies and public offices and in the sanctums of armament - mongers and concession - hunters and newspaper - trusts . Recognizing this , it became necessary I ...
... side to sleep his Sunday's sleep , had kept an eye on the little doings in embassies and public offices and in the sanctums of armament - mongers and concession - hunters and newspaper - trusts . Recognizing this , it became necessary I ...
Page xviii
... upon the victory of either side as the victory only of war . There are people to whom the war itself has been the greatest suffering , as the fear of it had the greatest fear , of all their life . But granting xviii SATAN THE WASTER.
... upon the victory of either side as the victory only of war . There are people to whom the war itself has been the greatest suffering , as the fear of it had the greatest fear , of all their life . But granting xviii SATAN THE WASTER.
Page xix
... side ; but it is more than counter- balanced by the addition of anger and vindictiveness on one's friends ' account to anger and vindictiveness on one's own , and the utter inability to recognize the bare human nature of those to whom ...
... side ; but it is more than counter- balanced by the addition of anger and vindictiveness on one's friends ' account to anger and vindictiveness on one's own , and the utter inability to recognize the bare human nature of those to whom ...
Page xxiii
... side . This is , however , only the basis of the fabric of war delusion , only the initial step of a logic of the emotions which is more cogent , more irrefutable , than the logic of facts , for the excellent reason that facts are ...
... side . This is , however , only the basis of the fabric of war delusion , only the initial step of a logic of the emotions which is more cogent , more irrefutable , than the logic of facts , for the excellent reason that facts are ...
Page xxiv
... sides , for the essence of the fighting attitude is that there ceases to be anything in common between you and the ... side . Hence it becomes dangerous to suggest a divided responsibility , or anything short of complete innocence on ...
... sides , for the essence of the fighting attitude is that there ceases to be anything in common between you and the ... side . Hence it becomes dangerous to suggest a divided responsibility , or anything short of complete innocence on ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary ęsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cęsarea called cinema shows creatures dance dangerous dear Clio decent Delusion and Confusion desire emotional enemy evil existence eyes fact feeling friends future German Gog and Magog gramophone wheezes habits hand happens harmonium Hatred hence Heroism honour horror human Idealism implies Indignation individual IST VOICE Justice kind larning less look Lord Satan man's mankind means merely mind moral moralists moreover Muse of History Nations nature neighbours never once one's Orchestra ourselves passions Patriotism peace perhaps persons play poor preference present qualities Reality reason recognize religion require result Romain Rolland sacrifice self-sacrifice sense side soul spiritual suffering sure Themistocles things thought tion truth turn war's Waste Waster Widow Fear words writing