The Idea of a League of Nations |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 6
Page 18
... reason . They are lazy , as peoples , and muddle - headed . They fight because they are angry , they stop because they are tired ; they cease pursuing the enemy because they want to attend to the harvest . It is the mark of a highly ...
... reason . They are lazy , as peoples , and muddle - headed . They fight because they are angry , they stop because they are tired ; they cease pursuing the enemy because they want to attend to the harvest . It is the mark of a highly ...
Page 20
... reason among many others- may be stated in two words : munitions and transport . Before the age of machines , it was impossible to arm and clothe immense multitudes of men : before the days of McAdam and Stephenson , it was impossible ...
... reason among many others- may be stated in two words : munitions and transport . Before the age of machines , it was impossible to arm and clothe immense multitudes of men : before the days of McAdam and Stephenson , it was impossible ...
Page 23
... reason for pouring huge armies into it . It is manifest that God can deliver his verdict in the result of a duel of one against one , quite as well as in the result of a war between whole nations in arms . On this theory , war would be ...
... reason for pouring huge armies into it . It is manifest that God can deliver his verdict in the result of a duel of one against one , quite as well as in the result of a war between whole nations in arms . On this theory , war would be ...
Page 24
... reason to suppose that they will ever believe otherwise . If it be difficult to conceive them , in their disputes , abiding by the awards of impartial reason , it is a hun- dred times more difficult to conceive them accepting the wholly ...
... reason to suppose that they will ever believe otherwise . If it be difficult to conceive them , in their disputes , abiding by the awards of impartial reason , it is a hun- dred times more difficult to conceive them accepting the wholly ...
Page 26
... reasons for rejection of the project . All such criticisms are helpful in so far as they enable us to map out the task before us , but none are adequate as conclusive objections . Few of the advocates of an organized world - peace fail ...
... reasons for rejection of the project . All such criticisms are helpful in so far as they enable us to map out the task before us , but none are adequate as conclusive objections . Few of the advocates of an organized world - peace fail ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept aeroplane Argives armament armies battle belligerent biological Bolshevik cavalry Christendom civilization Clausewitz combatant competition conceivable conception conflict coöperation council criticism defeat dream Europe European example fact fight force Foreign Office frontier German Empire Germany greater hitherto hostility human affairs human nature impossible inclosures individual inevitable instances intense invention ization King of France Lacedæmonians League of Nations league-of-nations project limitation lives logical loyalty Machiavelli mankind ment mental mercenaries military millions mind modern war-process Modern warfare moral munitions mutual nation in arms never objection organized world-peace overgrowth Pathan peace phase political possible power idea preparation prepossession probability realize reason release rentier Roman Empire rules Russia scale scientific social sort Spartan species story substantial truth suffering survive tank theory thing thought thousand three hundred Thyrea tions tribes unification vast vendetta victory village marksmen wars whole word World-League of Nations