This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...one hated. In all wars two simultaneous conflicts are carried on: one of armies, where the fighters are soldiers, and the other--much the larger--of civilians. In the former the casualties are recorded; in the latter, although ignored, they are as real and in some cases not less serious than wounds ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...one hated. In all wars two simultaneous conflicts are carried on: one of armies, where the fighters are soldiers, and the other--much the larger--of civilians. In the former the casualties are recorded; in the latter, although ignored, they are as real and in some cases not less serious than wounds received in battle. Nor does it help that the injuries of the civilian are usually selfinflicted; they are not on that account less hurtful, for a hate-scarred soul may be an even worse misfortune than a maimed body. Everyone knows how this passion reacts upon its possessor--darkening his mind, blighting his social nature, and leading him swiftly on to the blackest crimes. The reaction on a hating people is no less evil, for hate has no redeeming quality. J The aggressive party need not hate the intended victim; any motive will suffice to start the war fever, --for instance, cupidity, as when the Germans attacked Belgium. They merely desired the military advantage that would accrue from the passage of their armies through her territory. Upon Belgium's refusal they attacked her murderously, and hate came only when her valiant resistance began to injure the prospect of German military success. The wounding of their military and political arrogance increased this passion which led them on, still under the false plea of military necessity, to acts of savagery and wickedness toward the blameless Belgians, whose only offense was that they defended their rights as best they could against German aggression and thus helped save France from destruction. Through hate's opposite--love--have come into existence the highest products of civilization. These are, without doubt, the deeds and characters which embody the furthest advance yet made in the perfecting...
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