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Page xxix
... things have happened in his particular circle of acquaintance , I should merely ask by what psycho- logical processes he explains these alleged exceptions . For of all possible studies , that of war - delusion and war - supersti- tion ...
... things have happened in his particular circle of acquaintance , I should merely ask by what psycho- logical processes he explains these alleged exceptions . For of all possible studies , that of war - delusion and war - supersti- tion ...
Page xxxvi
... things , each nation has been obliged to condemn the enemy * Also in Clarté . These horrors are not merely those endured by combatants ; they are those also of the civil populations whose homes become the battlefield . and absolve the ...
... things , each nation has been obliged to condemn the enemy * Also in Clarté . These horrors are not merely those endured by combatants ; they are those also of the civil populations whose homes become the battlefield . and absolve the ...
Page xxxvii
... things bear to our feelings not to one another ; the connexions with our hopes , fears , sufferings and struggles , not with whatever has preceded , determined , those things , and what- ever they in their turn will produce or determine ...
... things bear to our feelings not to one another ; the connexions with our hopes , fears , sufferings and struggles , not with whatever has preceded , determined , those things , and what- ever they in their turn will produce or determine ...
Page xxxviii
... Things . By its initial act of uniting all the naturally incompatible interests ( honesty with knavery , wisdom with folly ) of one country in aggressive self - defence against another country , and similarly of excluding all the ...
... Things . By its initial act of uniting all the naturally incompatible interests ( honesty with knavery , wisdom with folly ) of one country in aggressive self - defence against another country , and similarly of excluding all the ...
Page xl
... things , has been this war . The magnitude of the calamity reduces all discussion of those men's several responsibilities to mere vindictive or self- justifying childishness . Men's responsibilities do not go beyond their intentions ...
... things , has been this war . The magnitude of the calamity reduces all discussion of those men's several responsibilities to mere vindictive or self- justifying childishness . Men's responsibilities do not go beyond their intentions ...
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