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Page xxx
... desire for bully- ing and cruelty , nor even of such pugnacity as might be turned to better uses . War gratifies men's longings in ways rightly accounted virtuous , although of their virtue , to quote my own Satan , war has made a vice ...
... desire for bully- ing and cruelty , nor even of such pugnacity as might be turned to better uses . War gratifies men's longings in ways rightly accounted virtuous , although of their virtue , to quote my own Satan , war has made a vice ...
Page xxxix
... desire and our effort . We seek our means in what is not ourselves , and therefore interests us only with reference to us . Hence we do not always see or foresee the train of what I call otherness , other circumstances , other results ...
... desire and our effort . We seek our means in what is not ourselves , and therefore interests us only with reference to us . Hence we do not always see or foresee the train of what I call otherness , other circumstances , other results ...
Page xlix
... desire for dramatic or " dis- tinguished " posturing , and for crimson and azure backgrounds ; all of which modes ( in the French sense also ! ) were themselves , like their accompanying nationalism and imperialism , only so much ...
... desire for dramatic or " dis- tinguished " posturing , and for crimson and azure backgrounds ; all of which modes ( in the French sense also ! ) were themselves , like their accompanying nationalism and imperialism , only so much ...
Page 79
... desire is fulfilled , they will naturally benefit by all the progress we have since achieved . They will participate in our administration and be shielded by our laws ; and , of course , our beneficent system of commercial and ...
... desire is fulfilled , they will naturally benefit by all the progress we have since achieved . They will participate in our administration and be shielded by our laws ; and , of course , our beneficent system of commercial and ...
Page 119
... desire to destroy at the bare thought of it . But , surely , the Adversary may be , may really be , evil , satanic ? Of course , and that is my contention . Not only that the very fact of being struggled against makes him seem evil ...
... desire to destroy at the bare thought of it . But , surely , the Adversary may be , may really be , evil , satanic ? Of course , and that is my contention . Not only that the very fact of being struggled against makes him seem evil ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary æsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cæsarea 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