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Page xxiv
... fact without reservation ; often shrinking , just in proportion to their previous detestation of the war , from any argument , any data , which might diminish their country's fighting unanimity . Had each of these pre- war pacifists ...
... fact without reservation ; often shrinking , just in proportion to their previous detestation of the war , from any argument , any data , which might diminish their country's fighting unanimity . Had each of these pre- war pacifists ...
Page xxv
... fact and reason , but far more cogent . Now among the unexpressed , irresistible formulę 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 ...
... fact and reason , but far more cogent . Now among the unexpressed , irresistible formulę 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 ...
Page xxviii
... facts and ideas which might run counter to it . Thus is all doubt of , all inquiry into , the theory that only one side is in the right , and only one in the wrong , automati- cally stopped off by the fact of a country being in . They ...
... facts and ideas which might run counter to it . Thus is all doubt of , all inquiry into , the theory that only one side is in the right , and only one in the wrong , automati- cally stopped off by the fact of a country being in . They ...
Page xxix
... facts . It is not lack of such coincidence with real facts which constitutes a delusion or superstition ; what does , is that the belief , to which we must apply either of these names , is held irrespective of coincidence with real ...
... facts . It is not lack of such coincidence with real facts which constitutes a delusion or superstition ; what does , is that the belief , to which we must apply either of these names , is held irrespective of coincidence with real ...
Page xxx
... fact in common , namely : that the Englishman and the German are both trying to put the responsibility on the enemy ; or , briefly , that both of them are victims of war delusion and war superstition , which either disdains facts or ...
... fact in common , namely : that the Englishman and the German are both trying to put the responsibility on the enemy ; or , briefly , that both of them are victims of war delusion and war superstition , which either disdains facts or ...
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