Germany Vs. Civilization: Notes on the Atrocious WarHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 238 páginas |
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... word of repudiation which could have ab- solved us from the guilt of allowing Belgium to be violated without our protest . He kept silent . Day after day brought news of fresh atroci- ties committed by the Germans in Belgium . What ...
... word of repudiation which could have ab- solved us from the guilt of allowing Belgium to be violated without our protest . He kept silent . Day after day brought news of fresh atroci- ties committed by the Germans in Belgium . What ...
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... word in its broadest sense , by which they re- duced learning to a system as admirably classi- fied as the best book of reference . In dealing with ideas , they usually became doctrinaires ; in each German brain one idea and only one ...
... word in its broadest sense , by which they re- duced learning to a system as admirably classi- fied as the best book of reference . In dealing with ideas , they usually became doctrinaires ; in each German brain one idea and only one ...
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... a sub- missiveness to discipline unexampled among any civilized race into whose ears the word Liberty had ever been whispered . CHAPTER IV MANIPULATING TEUTONIC TRAITS Seest thou a man wise 36 GERMANY vs. CIVILIZATION.
... a sub- missiveness to discipline unexampled among any civilized race into whose ears the word Liberty had ever been whispered . CHAPTER IV MANIPULATING TEUTONIC TRAITS Seest thou a man wise 36 GERMANY vs. CIVILIZATION.
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... words they were expected to speak , and de- voted their carefully trained intellects to dis- covering and proclaiming reasons for idolizing a régime which they had once abhorred . The deliberate perversion of the German universi- ties ...
... words they were expected to speak , and de- voted their carefully trained intellects to dis- covering and proclaiming reasons for idolizing a régime which they had once abhorred . The deliberate perversion of the German universi- ties ...
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... word went forth from above that the Germans were the Chosen People , before whom a destiny of illimitable grandeur opened , hardly a German skeptic challenged that announcement , which merely confirmed what each of them and his ...
... word went forth from above that the Germans were the Chosen People , before whom a destiny of illimitable grandeur opened , hardly a German skeptic challenged that announcement , which merely confirmed what each of them and his ...
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Página 110 - that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
Página 222 - Those arguments that are made, that the inferior race are to be treated with as much allowance as they are capable of enjoying; that as much is to be done for them as their condition will allow, — what are these arguments ? They are the arguments that kings have made for enslaving the people in all ages of the world.
Página 222 - whatever way you will, — whether it come from the mouth of a king, an excuse for enslaving the people of his country, or from the mouth of men of one race as a reason for enslaving the men of another race, — it is all the same old serpent.
Página 137 - speak openly — that we are committing, we will endeavor to make good as soon as our military goal has been reached. Anybody who is threatened, as we are threatened and is fighting for his highest possessions, can have only one thought — how he is to hack his way through!*
Página 9 - After Cain slew Abel, the Lord said unto Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" And he said, "I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Página 136 - the [British] Government was terrible to a degree; just for a word — 'neutrality/ a word which in war-time has so often been disregarded—just for a scrap of paper, Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
Página 37 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs, xxvi, 12.
Página 136 - has so often been disregarded—just for a scrap of paper, Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
Página 136 - to the German Reichstag: — Gentlemen, we are now in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law! Our troops have occupied Luxemburg, and perhaps [as a matter
Página 64 - out of the desolate ruins and rub the dust of a thousand years from their eyes, and Thor will spring up with his giant hammer and dash to pieces the old Gothic cathedrals.