Word: pacifists
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Dates: during 1914-1914
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Seldom has it been our fortune to come across a more lucid exposition of the true militarist position than that presented yesterday by Mr. Schenck. His conception of the pacifist position is that "the continued prevalence of rain is due to the pernicious custom of carrying umbrellas." While gloriously and completely missing the fundamental premise of the anti-militarist doctrine, Mr. Schenck has in one simile clearly exposed the basic fallacy of militarism. To the militarist war is an evitable as rain; it being futile to try to prevent rain, we can only resign ourselves to protection against...