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...between the socialist parties and the bourgeoisie; the total paralysis of the government; the widespread demoralization of the army; and the economic chaos. Between the future fates of Russia lie only the Russian socialistic parties, led by men who for the most part, are not honest fighters for an ideal but German agents who wish to stop the war and encourage a social revolution. Such men have also played a large part in the demoralization of the army, preaching insideous doctrines of giving up all offensive and defensive warfare as being against the highest republican principles. However, the strong hand...
...near future, peace tends to become more a political than a military question. The problem of offering a more exact statement of our war aims assumes new interest. The many long and weary months of war are bound to cause a shifting of emphasis from the immaterial ideal with which we entered the war to the material results of victory. We are more apt to stress the importance of winning or losing a few miles of shell torn fields in northern France than of preventing the formation of a Mitteleuropa. Casualty lists and the first complaints at heavy taxes will...
...very nature, an army is a militaristic and autocratic organization, the consummate ideal of the Hohenzollerns. That is to say, America is perfecting herself in the evil which she wishes to eradicate from Germany. Therefore, if the United States is to sincerely uphold the doctrines set forth by President Wilson in reply to the Pope's peace offer, it cannot be too emphatically impressed on every single man, woman and child that we must keep our ideals constantly before us, least in the excitement of war and the enthusiasm of our ultimate victory we fall into the well from which...
Military drill is in general hard, unpleasant work. To carry a gun on the shoulder is not an exhilarating task. There is none of the glory of the gridiron. Yet even such labor becomes enjoyable when troops are well led,--when they have an inspiration. Lieutenant Morize was our ideal last year; we are confident that during this year he will once more lead us to battle on the marshes of Waverly and through the clay of Belmont...
...will throw away his poor life, which is all that remains sure to him in eternity, for the dream of a distant ideal. Surely such love is not among the beasts. Man is an animal gifted with mind, set in a world which was not made for mind. He is a being whom we may curse with reverence...