The case in the United States' attack on Spain during the May, of course, be driven to take such a step by pressure of Official act and can be taken only on initiative of the The main point of the inquiry being the nature, causes andĬonsequences of such a preconception favoring peace, and theĬircumstances that make for a contrary preconception in favor ofīy and large, any breach of the peace in modern times is an Will have no significance except as a matter to be inquired into (3) -ceived opinion, so that for the purposes of this inquiry it That question lies in the domain of precon. Those of warlike enterprise, it should be said, do not here come The intrinsic merits of peace at large, as against More gratuitous and no more nugatory than the controversies that Into the nature of this peace about which swings this wide orbit Under these circumstances it will not be out of place to inquire Never been at fault hitherto have been brought to ask: "What Their imagination, able-bodied pacifists whose loquacity has Qualification, of course, that the subsidised pacifists have come Pacifists' quest of a basis for enduring peace, it must beĪdmitted, has brought home nothing tangible-with the Without argument, but also without prejudice. "War is Bloodier than Peace." This would doubtless be conceded Utterances of the peace advocates, whether subsidised or not. Indeed, no equal volume of speechĬan be more incontrovertible or less convincing than the Visible effect on the course of events or on the popular temper It is to be admitted that all this axiomatic exhortation has no That the currently accepted conception of the nature of war-General Sherman's formula-is substantially correct. And they uniformly make good their contention Their otherwise idle powers to this work of exhortation without Indeed, not infrequently such advocates of peace will devote (2) a turn for exhortation, who find employment for their bestįaculties in attesting the well-known atrocities and futility of
Or they may have outlived the more vivid appreciation of the spiritual values involved. Lend their countenance to the like disparaging appraisal it mayīe that the spirit of prowess in them runs at too low a tension, Men of an elderly turn, prematurely or otherwise, are ready to Life, with a large sum of nothing to show for it. On the other hand, the mothers of the people are commonly unable Women of nubile age and no undue maturity gladly meet them half With a generous commendation of all the martial qualities and
Manhood, also commonly share this gift of insight and back it Youth of the race, in the period of adolescence and aspiring Intercourse, at the same time that it conduces to the increaseĪnd diffusion of the manly virtues. Verity that war belongs indefeasibly in the Order of Nature.Ĭontention, with manslaughter, is indispensable in human To many thoughtful men ripe in worldly wisdom it is known of a An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of its Perpetuation Chapter 1: Introductory: On the State and Its Relation to War and Peace Thorsten Veblen Table of Contents |
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