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Page xvi
... reasons I have set forth against participation in this war , spiritual participation by single individuals no less ... reason , in the sense of the cause , of my inability thus to take part . Indeed , paradox though it sounds at first ...
... reasons I have set forth against participation in this war , spiritual participation by single individuals no less ... reason , in the sense of the cause , of my inability thus to take part . Indeed , paradox though it sounds at first ...
Page xvii
... reasons , in the sense of causes , of that aloofness from the war , they are individual to myself , and do not affect the truth or error of my views ; they only explain how I came by them . They are matters of personal biography , of ...
... reasons , in the sense of causes , of that aloofness from the war , they are individual to myself , and do not affect the truth or error of my views ; they only explain how I came by them . They are matters of personal biography , of ...
Page xxiii
... reason that facts are outside us and can be overlooked or distorted , whereas feeling being in us , being the dominant part of us , cannot . To the modern conscience in time of peace , war is a monstrosity complicated by an absurdity ...
... reason that facts are outside us and can be overlooked or distorted , whereas feeling being in us , being the dominant part of us , cannot . To the modern conscience in time of peace , war is a monstrosity complicated by an absurdity ...
Page xxv
... reason , but far more cogent . Now among the unexpressed , irresistible formulæ of that logic of the feelings is that of judging of an opinion by what is suffered for it . Heroism and sanctity are received In his Logique des Sentiments ...
... reason , but far more cogent . Now among the unexpressed , irresistible formulæ of that logic of the feelings is that of judging of an opinion by what is suffered for it . Heroism and sanctity are received In his Logique des Sentiments ...
Page xxvi
... reasons to justify their change of front ; but better still by denying any such change . Whence the popularity of the plea that this particular war was waged to end all war in general , and , as Mr. H. G. Wells was the first to put it ...
... reasons to justify their change of front ; but better still by denying any such change . Whence the popularity of the plea that this particular war was waged to end all war in general , and , as Mr. H. G. Wells was the first to put it ...
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