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Page vii
... Passions , of whom the noblest were the most efficacious in keeping up the hideous farandole which they had not for- bidden ; and Pity and Indignation themselves -- I wrote at the time of the Lusitania episode — were called in by the ...
... Passions , of whom the noblest were the most efficacious in keeping up the hideous farandole which they had not for- bidden ; and Pity and Indignation themselves -- I wrote at the time of the Lusitania episode — were called in by the ...
Page viii
... Passions , terrible or lovely , would not have been called in with their various instruments , nor Ballet Master Death given his great Benefit Performance , if Self - Interest , instead of turning on his side to sleep his Sunday's sleep ...
... Passions , terrible or lovely , would not have been called in with their various instruments , nor Ballet Master Death given his great Benefit Performance , if Self - Interest , instead of turning on his side to sleep his Sunday's sleep ...
Page xx
... passions endure , such investigation can be neither adequately carried on nor properly understood . What I want to deal with is quite different . It need not be sought for in the secrecy of archives and memoirs ; it has been made ...
... passions endure , such investigation can be neither adequately carried on nor properly understood . What I want to deal with is quite different . It need not be sought for in the secrecy of archives and memoirs ; it has been made ...
Page xxv
... passions , have speedily turned such acquiescence into active conviction . But belief in one's country's complete righteousness has other sources besides dread of assuming responsibility in such terrible odds . There is the decent shame ...
... passions , have speedily turned such acquiescence into active conviction . But belief in one's country's complete righteousness has other sources besides dread of assuming responsibility in such terrible odds . There is the decent shame ...
Page xxviii
... passions of pride and hatred , fear , and aggressive- ness , as make the fighting nations willingly pour out more ... passion , tradition , circumstances and mutual imitation , until by dint of propaganda and persecution , delusions and ...
... passions of pride and hatred , fear , and aggressive- ness , as make the fighting nations willingly pour out more ... passion , tradition , circumstances and mutual imitation , until by dint of propaganda and persecution , delusions and ...
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