...people, and would tend to bring war into discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries. If we look closely enough, we shall find that all Geneva Conventions...effects, make ultimately for the persistence of war as an instittition. They are sops to humanity, devices for rendering war barely tolerable to civilized mankind,...

...concessions to a foolish popular psychology .... All Geneva Conventions and such palliative ordinances make ultimately for the persistence of war as an institution. They are sops to humanity, devices for making war barely tolerable to civilized mankind and so staving off the inevitable rebellion against...

...theory, war would be an extension to politics of the 'wager of battle' between individuals — a method of obtaining a supernatural ruling, indistinguishable...the inevitable rebellion against its abominations. Criticisms of the project of a League of Nations have consisted hitherto very largely of the statement...

...with human nature that, having appealed to force, they should agree to exercise it only within limits, and accept impoverishment, humiliation, servitude,...the inevitable rebellion against its abominations. Criticisms of the project of a League of Nations have consisted hitherto very largely of the statement...

...people, and would tend to bring war into discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries. If we look closely enough, we shall find that all Geneva Conventions...the inevitable rebellion against its abominations. Criticisms of the project of a League of Nations have consisted hitherto very largely of the statement...

...people, and would tend to bring war into discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries. If we look closely enough, we shall find that all Geneva Conventions...war barely tolerable to civilized mankind, and so stavingoff the inevitable rebellion against its abominations. n Criticisms of the project of a League...