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... dangers of such fine things as Idealism , Pity and Indignation . Of course , among these little essays there is none whose germs were not latent in my mind before August , 1914 ; but neither is there one which , before that date , would ...
... dangers of such fine things as Idealism , Pity and Indignation . Of course , among these little essays there is none whose germs were not latent in my mind before August , 1914 ; but neither is there one which , before that date , would ...
Page xvii
... danger was its danger as a portion of the whole war - im- perilled world , instead of seeing only my country's danger at the enemy's hands , and calling that a danger to civilization and the future . I have said that my views were the ...
... danger was its danger as a portion of the whole war - im- perilled world , instead of seeing only my country's danger at the enemy's hands , and calling that a danger to civilization and the future . I have said that my views were the ...
Page xxi
... dangerous present . Foremost among those realities unrecognized during the war is what was happening among all those peoples before they were in . I mean in the years when war , instead of overwhelming and transforming all their ...
... dangerous present . Foremost among those realities unrecognized during the war is what was happening among all those peoples before they were in . I mean in the years when war , instead of overwhelming and transforming all their ...
Page xxiv
... dangerous to suggest a divided responsibility , or anything short of complete innocence on the part of one's own country and one's own allies . And the most sceptical men , those most disinclined to admit the necessity of joining in ...
... dangerous to suggest a divided responsibility , or anything short of complete innocence on the part of one's own country and one's own allies . And the most sceptical men , those most disinclined to admit the necessity of joining in ...
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... dangerous as these alleged impersonalities . It is , of course , true that Principles and Ideals , especially in their humbler forms of standards , usages and commandments , can steady man against the buffets of passion and the floods ...
... dangerous as these alleged impersonalities . It is , of course , true that Principles and Ideals , especially in their humbler forms of standards , usages and commandments , can steady man against the buffets of passion and the floods ...
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