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It is hard to convince commerce and cowardice that at certain times war is the highest of all duties. Neither of them understand patriotism; and yet every trembling pacifist in time of war is a misfortune to his country." "And the country will give them what?" asked Sunna. "The cold, dead damnation of a disgrace they will never outlive," answered Max.
Ford has done more than any other one man to interpret the spirit of his nation; our altered attitude towards him typifies our altered attitude towards America. Mr. Ford, the impassioned pacifist, sailing to Europe in his ark of peace, staggered our amazement. Mr.
Millions of dollars every hour were being blown to nothingness in that fearful inferno; a gigantic meat-mill that was grinding up the bodies of men and had never ceased day or night for nearly four years. You could be a violent pacifist in sound of those guns, or you could be a violent militarist, but you could not be indifferent to the war, you could not be of two minds about it.
"Well, then," said Phipps-Herrick, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him good-humoredly, "you murderous little pacifist with seven nicks on your gun, will you give up your German? Will you forget it?" Mitchell chuckled and shook his head, "As far as requisite under military orders. But no further, not by a "
But the plain people of Quebec the voyageurs, the habitants, my old friends in the back districts that is what I am thinking about. I am sure they are all right. They are very simple, old-fashioned, childish, if you like; but there is no pacifist or pro-German virus among them.
The Balkan peoples have now brought to an end a system of rule based simply upon the accident of force "killing and being killed." And whether good or ill comes of this war will depend upon whether they set up a similar system or one more in consonance with pacifist principles.
Both Lenine and Trotzky have spoken and written in terms of utter disdain of pacifist movements in general and of the pacifists of England and America in particular. They have insisted that, in present society, disarmament is really a reactionary proposal.
Thus no activities which could compromise us in any way ensued henceforward. The political situation had become so serene that we had no need for propaganda. The pacifist elements in the United States did this work for us. The only question was as to whether we would remain really at one with them, or whether we meant to persist in submarine warfare, which must inevitably lead us into war.
The rational pacifist is hampered not only by belligerency, but by a sort of malignant extreme pacifism as impatient and silly as the extremest patriotism. I sketch out these ideas of a world pacification from a third-party standpoint, because I find them crystallising out in men's minds.
We need the fear of God and the thirst for His mercy; we need the Divine guidance which will transform and sanctify our social relations." "And pray how has the Church dealt with the war?" cries the pacifist who has now risen, his eyes ablaze with denunciation of the minister.
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