France, the Apostle, and The Ethics of the War: Three Lectures Delivered Before the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1916-1918 |
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Page 127 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Page 127 - Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
Page 158 - Should war nevertheless break out, it would be their first duty to intervene in order to bring it to a speedy termination and to employ all their power to utilize the economic and political crisis created by the war in order to rouse the masses of the people and thereby to hasten the downfall of capitalistic class domination.
Page 127 - We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.
Page 97 - I have a right to say that at the present moment the French Government desires peace and is working for the maintenance of peace." Mr. BERGER. He was killed the next day. Mrs. BERGER (reading) : The French Government has taken the initiative in conciliation. And she gives; Russia counsels of prudence and patience. As for ourselves, it is our duty to insist that the Government speak forcibly enough to Russia to make her keep hands...
Page 109 - ... similar peril ever again befalling our Empire. Many men and women have already joined us holding varying shades of opinion as to the origins of the war. Some think it was inevitable, some that it could and should have been avoided. But we believe that all are in general agreement about two things: First, it is imperative that the war, once 'begun, should ~be prosecuted to a victory for our country.
Page 109 - For the present Sir Edward Grey issues his White Paper to prove Germany the aggressor, just as Germany issues a White Paper to prove Russia the aggressor, and Russia to prove Austria the aggressor. Even if every word in the British White Paper be admitted, the wider indictment remains. Let it be acknowledged that in the days immediately preceding the war, Sir Edward Grey worked for peace.
Page 111 - ... leadership of Alexander Kerensky the Labor party soon took a decided stand in support of the war. In the name of the entire group of the party's representatives in the Duma, Kerensky read at an early session a statement which pledged the party to defend the fatherland. "We firmly believe," said Kerensky, "that the great flower of Russian democracy, together with all the other forces, will throw back the aggressive enemy and will defend their native land.
Page 121 - Our judgment supports your cause and our sympathies and our hopes are with you in this struggle ; in saying this we are confident that we are expressing the convictions and feelings of the...
Page 107 - Gallery are riveted on the broad left arc of the floor occupied by the one hundred and eleven Social Democratic deputies of the House of three hundred and ninety-seven members. For the first time in German history, their cheers are mingling with those of other parties in support of a Government policy. That, after the Belgian revelations, is, beyond all question, the dominating feature of a scene tremendous with significance in countless respects.