Democracy and PeaceR. G. Badger, 1916 - 99 páginas |
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Página 31
... a means to greater efficiency than as a thing the possession of which is to be desired for its own sake . It cannot be said that Americans as a race are miserly or greedy of money . Nor do we admire or stand American Idealism 31.
... a means to greater efficiency than as a thing the possession of which is to be desired for its own sake . It cannot be said that Americans as a race are miserly or greedy of money . Nor do we admire or stand American Idealism 31.
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... sake of an ideal ; and steps have been taken to hasten self - government in the Philippines because the ma- jority of our people wish that the islands should be handed over to their own inhabitants and our flag hauled down just as soon ...
... sake of an ideal ; and steps have been taken to hasten self - government in the Philippines because the ma- jority of our people wish that the islands should be handed over to their own inhabitants and our flag hauled down just as soon ...
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... sake of a moral issue ? Have we the stuff in us to do the thing that the English people have done ? We can , indeed , point to what we did in '98 for oppressed Cuba . But should we have the manhood to take the same course if the oppres ...
... sake of a moral issue ? Have we the stuff in us to do the thing that the English people have done ? We can , indeed , point to what we did in '98 for oppressed Cuba . But should we have the manhood to take the same course if the oppres ...
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... in every war which a nation wages honestly for the sake of a genuine moral principle or for the rights of humanity , there is a splendid idealism which has always thrilled and ought always to inspire the hearts of The Idealism of War 59.
... in every war which a nation wages honestly for the sake of a genuine moral principle or for the rights of humanity , there is a splendid idealism which has always thrilled and ought always to inspire the hearts of The Idealism of War 59.
Página 60
... sake of peace , and their lofty idealism is based ultimately on the values of peace . This kind of idealism is extolled by most pacifists quite as enthusiasti- cally as by their opponents . The idealism of war for which the anti ...
... sake of peace , and their lofty idealism is based ultimately on the values of peace . This kind of idealism is extolled by most pacifists quite as enthusiasti- cally as by their opponents . The idealism of war for which the anti ...
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Página 69 - Antarctic zone, something that transcends reason ; that in war and the right of war man has a possession which he values above religion, above industry and above social comforts; that in war man values the power which it affords to life of rising above life, the power which the spirit of man possesses to pursue the Ideal.
Página 16 - Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means.
Página 57 - Perpetual peace is a dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream. War is an element in the order of the world ordained by God.
Página 80 - You will we hate with a lasting hate, We will never forego our hate, Hate by water and hate by land, Hate of the head and hate of the hand, Hate of the hammer and hate of the crown, Hate of seventy millions, choking down. We love as one, we hate as one, We have one foe and one alone — ENGLAND...
Página 41 - The high spirit of the individual in politics repeats itself much more plainly in private life, where helpfulness and honesty seem to me the most essential characteristics of the American. Helpfulness shows itself in charity, in hospitality, in projects for education or for public improvements, or in the most trivial services of daily life; while silent confidence in the honesty of one's fellow-men controls practical relations here in a way which is not known in cautious Europe, and could not have...
Página 68 - ENGLAND 67 all, that is analogous to this heroism there in the Antarctic zone, something that transcends reason ; that in war and the right of war man has a possession which he values above religion, above industry and above social comforts; that in war man values the power which...
Página 95 - ... Empire, until within the last decade, when the Samurai of Nippon rose out of their islands in the Eastern Sea and carved for themselves a new empire on the Continent of Asia, there has been no cessation nor deviation from this inexorable law governing the formation and extinction of national entities. All kingdoms, empires, and nations that have existed on this earth have been born out of the womb of war and the delivery of them has occurred in the pain and labor of battle. So, too, have these...
Página 56 - War is elevating, because the individual disappears before the great conception of the State. The devotion of the members of a community to each other is nowhere so splendidly conspicuous as in war.
Página 12 - But not on us!' the Oysters cried, Turning a little blue. 'After such kindness, that would be A dismal thing to do!' 'The night is fine,
Página 56 - The brutal incidents inseparable from every war vanish completely before the idealism of the main result. All the sham reputations which a long spell of peace undoubtedly fosters are unmasked. Great personalities take their proper place ; strength, truth, and honour come to the front and are put into play.