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Never Again!

9781465536617
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Library of Alexandria
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Never again must this Thing happen. The time has come— if the human race does not wish to destroy itself in its own madness— for men to make up their minds as to what they will do in the future; for now indeed is it true that we are come to the cross-roads, we stand at the Parting of the Ways. The rapid and enormous growth of scientific invention makes it obvious that Violence ten times more potent and sinister than that which we are witnessing to-day may very shortly be available for our use— or abuse— in War. On the Other hand who can doubt that the rapid growth of interchange and understanding among the peoples of the world is daily making Warfare itself, and the barbarities inevitably connected with it, more abhorrent to our common humanity? Which of these lines are we to follow? Along which path are we to go? This is a question which the mass— peoples of Europe in the future— and not merely the Governments—-will have seriously to ponder and decide. That bodies of men— as has happened a hundred times in the trenches in Northern France and even on the Eastern Front— should exchange morning salutations and songs in humorous amity, and then at a word of command should fall to shooting each Other

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