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Page xxv
... man , brought up on classic and medieval traditions of military virtue and glory , and on Christian contempt for the ... man's repugnances - with a conviction of that sacrifice being not . necessary only , but meritorious ; not merely ...
... man , brought up on classic and medieval traditions of military virtue and glory , and on Christian contempt for the ... man's repugnances - with a conviction of that sacrifice being not . necessary only , but meritorious ; not merely ...
Page xxvi
... man or woman , are as requisite for daily existence as their portions of standing - room , of breathable air , of warmth , of food and of rest . Those who , after denouncing war as such , abet and aid it , can easily safeguard this ...
... man or woman , are as requisite for daily existence as their portions of standing - room , of breathable air , of warmth , of food and of rest . Those who , after denouncing war as such , abet and aid it , can easily safeguard this ...
Page xxvii
... man's views , especially when those views have cost practical sacrifices on his part , constitutes a reflec- tion on his wisdom ; and , wherever unanimity already pre- vails , a positive outrage on the community of which that man is a ...
... man's views , especially when those views have cost practical sacrifices on his part , constitutes a reflec- tion on his wisdom ; and , wherever unanimity already pre- vails , a positive outrage on the community of which that man is a ...
Page xxxii
... man's most personal attachments , of all the causes of his passionate delusions , there are any as dangerous as ... man against the buffets of passion and the floods of delusion . But on one condition only : that these oppose them . For ...
... man's most personal attachments , of all the causes of his passionate delusions , there are any as dangerous as ... man against the buffets of passion and the floods of delusion . But on one condition only : that these oppose them . For ...
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... beneficent energy , belonging to mankind as a whole , and of which any one group of men , like any individual man or woman , however wonderful , cannot produce enough for its own sustenance and growth , for xlvi SATAN THE WASTER.
... beneficent energy , belonging to mankind as a whole , and of which any one group of men , like any individual man or woman , however wonderful , cannot produce enough for its own sustenance and growth , for xlvi SATAN THE WASTER.
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