 I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word,...  The Idea of a League of Nations - Page 42by Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - 1919 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | margaret slattery - 1914 - 138 pages
...to die, and all are called upon to give help and suffer privations. War gives reality to loyalty. 7 It is the fire that makes fine the clay of solidarity.)...seriously. In his essay on 'The Moral Equivalent of War'1 he deals very illuminatingly with this question. He agrees that to relieve the consciousness... | |
 | John James MacNeill - Baptists - 1914 - 218 pages
...and religion. It was this fact that led Ruskin, no doubt, to make that extreme statement about war. "I found in brief that all great nations learned their...that they were born in war and expired in peace." Ruskin was not an advocate of war — far from it. He is only hinting at this stern fact, that without... | |
 | Frederic Rowland Marvin - American poetry - 1914 - 290 pages
...learn their truth of word and strength of thought in war, that they were nourished in war and wasted by peace, taught by war and deceived by peace, trained,...word, that they were born in war and expired in peace. — RUSKIN. MEETING OF THE FREE-RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION A FREE-RELIGIOUS farce of warring creeds and... | |
 | Theosophy - 1914 - 416 pages
...their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained...word, that they were born in war and expired in peace. "Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor all... | |
 | Richard Stockton - United States - 1915 - 258 pages
...learning, of peace and plenty, of peace and civilization ; but I found that these are not the words that the Muse of History coupled together : that on her...word, that they were born in war and expired in peace. Emerson's views on war are similar: man. Let him hear in season that he is born into a state of war,... | |
 | David Willard Lyon - International relations - 1915 - 164 pages
...their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained...that they were born in war, and expired in peace." 1 A test of national character There are many who carry this general thesis further and maintain that... | |
 | David Willard Lyon - Christian ethics - 1915 - 170 pages
...et Morale," p. III. 'John Ruskin, "Crown of Wild Olive," Sec. 130. nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained...a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace."1 A test of national character There are many who carry this general thesis further and maintain... | |
 | Norman Angell - International cooperation - 1915 - 344 pages
...learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war ; they were nourished in war and wasted by peace; taught by war and deceived by peace; trained by war and betrayed by peace. * Ex-President Roosevelt, too, holds this ideal out to us as the highest national ambition : We must... | |
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