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Page xxvi
... war was raised to the status of a crusade , and became dear and sacred to the hearts which it braced or tortured . Now , whatsoever has in this way become holy and endeared to multitudes of men ... war's moral status xxvi SATAN THE WASTER.
... war was raised to the status of a crusade , and became dear and sacred to the hearts which it braced or tortured . Now , whatsoever has in this way become holy and endeared to multitudes of men ... war's moral status xxvi SATAN THE WASTER.
Page xxvii
Vernon Lee. habits come between disinterested curiosity about the war's moral status and the people engaged in that war . These honourable motives have , however , been eked out , indeed increased , in their mythopoeic efficacy , by ...
Vernon Lee. habits come between disinterested curiosity about the war's moral status and the people engaged in that war . These honourable motives have , however , been eked out , indeed increased , in their mythopoeic efficacy , by ...
Page xxx
... war delusion and war superstition , which either disdains facts or uses them solely for its own purposes . Such war ... war's invisible shrine there hang , like ex - votos , rows and rows of moral crutches . VI Quand on leur demande ...
... war delusion and war superstition , which either disdains facts or uses them solely for its own purposes . Such war ... war's invisible shrine there hang , like ex - votos , rows and rows of moral crutches . VI Quand on leur demande ...
Page xxxix
... war's impoverishment and loss of time , we shall require a more active intercourse and barter with all the working , trading and thinking world , of which our recent adversaries are one large half . Such vital exchanges between nations ...
... war's impoverishment and loss of time , we shall require a more active intercourse and barter with all the working , trading and thinking world , of which our recent adversaries are one large half . Such vital exchanges between nations ...
Page xl
... war . The magnitude of the calamity reduces all discussion of those men's several responsibilities to mere vindictive or self ... war's most inevitable results and most indispensable instruments . In the case of present war this inherent ...
... war . The magnitude of the calamity reduces all discussion of those men's several responsibilities to mere vindictive or self ... war's most inevitable results and most indispensable instruments . In the case of present war this inherent ...
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