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... peace which those unperceived realities demanded . Since , such at least is my contention , the long duration of this war has resulted less from its hitherto undreamed of military machinery , less from the even more unprece- dented ...
... peace which those unperceived realities demanded . Since , such at least is my contention , the long duration of this war has resulted less from its hitherto undreamed of military machinery , less from the even more unprece- dented ...
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... peace , war is a monstrosity complicated by an absurdity ; hence no one can believe himself to have had a hand in bringing it about . Moreover , the whole procedure of modern war , its initial suddennes , its instant wholesale terrorism ...
... peace , war is a monstrosity complicated by an absurdity ; hence no one can believe himself to have had a hand in bringing it about . Moreover , the whole procedure of modern war , its initial suddennes , its instant wholesale terrorism ...
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... , that the sword drawn against the enemy was a sword drawn in defence of peace . In this manner do some of our most creditable feelings and habits come between disinterested curiosity about the war's moral status xxvi SATAN THE WASTER.
... , that the sword drawn against the enemy was a sword drawn in defence of peace . In this manner do some of our most creditable feelings and habits come between disinterested curiosity about the war's moral status xxvi SATAN THE WASTER.
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... peace , merely implies that the government has miscalculated and failed . Hence the denuncia- tion of what are called " peace - traps " ; hence constantly increased war propaganda , and , naturally , more and more rigorous suppression ...
... peace , merely implies that the government has miscalculated and failed . Hence the denuncia- tion of what are called " peace - traps " ; hence constantly increased war propaganda , and , naturally , more and more rigorous suppression ...
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... peace ) there might be difference of opinion , has been declared to be some supreme good , which , being an abstraction and an article of faith , is less exposed to criticism . This observation leads me to another item which , standing ...
... peace ) there might be difference of opinion , has been declared to be some supreme good , which , being an abstraction and an article of faith , is less exposed to criticism . This observation leads me to another item which , standing ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary æsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cæsarea called cinema shows creatures dance dangerous dear Clio decent Delusion and Confusion desire emotional enemy evil existence eyes fact feeling friends future German Gog and Magog gramophone wheezes habits hand happens harmonium Hatred hence Heroism honour horror human Idealism implies Indignation individual IST VOICE Justice kind larning less look Lord Satan man's mankind means mediæval merely mind moral moralists moreover Muse of History Nations nature neighbours never once one's Orchestra ourselves passions Patriotism peace perhaps persons play poor preference present Reality reason recognize religion require result Romain Rolland sacrifice self-sacrifice sense side soul spiritual suffering sure Themistocles things thought tion truth turn war's Waste Waster Widow Fear words writing
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Page 276 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page xx - Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: For thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Page 53 - Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Page 163 - The process of making winds and rivers into anthropomorphic gods is, for the most part, not the result of using the imagination with special vigour. It is the result of not doing so. The wind is obviously alive ; any fool can see that. Being alive, it blows ; how ? why, naturally ; just as you and I blow. It knocks things down, it shouts and dances, it whispers and talks.
Page 209 - Vieux soldats de plomb que nous sommes, Au cordeau nous alignant tous , Si des rangs sortent quelques hommes , • Tous nous crions : A bas les fous ! On les persécute, on les tue ; Sauf, après un lent examen , A leur dresser une statue , Pour la gloire du genre humain.
Page 237 - Tutto, signor ; le ceneri degli avi , Le sacre leggi , i tutelari Numi , La favella, i costumi , Il sudor che mi costa , Lo splendor che ne trassi , L'aria, i tronchi , il terren, le mura, i, sassi.
Page xx - And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Page 57 - Do you see the Labour Leader? The other papers all refused to take Vernon Lee's and Bertrand Russell's articles.' ' SATAN (bows benignly towards DEATH). You might have trusted Satan, dear Ballet Master Death! Pity and Indignation can renew Death's Dance when all Nations have danced themselves to stumps, and the ordinary band, save perhaps Widow Fear and her children, can fiddle and blow no longer.
Page 56 - Even before either of that immortal pair had uttered a sound, the flagging Dancers. the bleeding Nations. weary of that stage slippery with blood and entrails. felt the wind of the wings of Pity and Indignation: and. in its pure breath. suddenly revived. The holy pair required no instruments. Pity merely sobbed. and her sobs were like the welling-up notes of many harps. drowning the soul in tender madness. But Indignation hissed and roared like a burning granary when the sparks crackle as they fly...