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Page xxiii
... eyes of all the belligerents alike , a matter of warding off immediate or threatened aggression , there comes to be , for each group of combatants , a perfectly innocent victim , namely , itself , and an entirely guilty monster , namely ...
... eyes of all the belligerents alike , a matter of warding off immediate or threatened aggression , there comes to be , for each group of combatants , a perfectly innocent victim , namely , itself , and an entirely guilty monster , namely ...
Page xxiv
Vernon Lee. each party all black , each in its own and the other's eyes . That much is the primary , the direct mutual delusion of such a war as this present one . Then follow the secondary , though not less inevitable psychological ...
Vernon Lee. each party all black , each in its own and the other's eyes . That much is the primary , the direct mutual delusion of such a war as this present one . Then follow the secondary , though not less inevitable psychological ...
Page xxxvi
... eye has indeed been so little noticed as almost to constitute an alibi for our collective conscience . Moreover , as we cannot compare the seen with the unseen , still less weigh what is felt against what is not felt , there comes to be ...
... eye has indeed been so little noticed as almost to constitute an alibi for our collective conscience . Moreover , as we cannot compare the seen with the unseen , still less weigh what is felt against what is not felt , there comes to be ...
Page xxxix
... eyes . We see , we feel , our aims with steady intensity because they are part of ourselves , because they are our desire and our effort . We seek our means in what is not ourselves , and therefore interests us only with reference to us ...
... eyes . We see , we feel , our aims with steady intensity because they are part of ourselves , because they are our desire and our effort . We seek our means in what is not ourselves , and therefore interests us only with reference to us ...
Page xli
... eyes of Posterity the attempted solution of the world's national and economic problems by the application of military force ; nay , the bare survival of military institutions , let alone the identi- fication of military victory with ...
... eyes of Posterity the attempted solution of the world's national and economic problems by the application of military force ; nay , the bare survival of military institutions , let alone the identi- fication of military victory with ...
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