War, and Other EssaysYale University Press, 1911 - 381 pages |
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ALBERT GALLOWAY KELLER American authority become burden capital century Chaldea Christian Church civilization classes classical colonial system consequence constitutional Cuba democracy discussion doctrine dogmas duty economic especially ethical fact fight force Forgotten Germany Hammurabi human race husband Ibid ical ideas imperialism important industrial institutions interests invented jobbery judgment jurisdiction labor land liberty living Malleus manifest destiny marriage matter means medieval ment militarism military modern Monroe doctrine nature never organization outlying parties peace persons phenomena philosophy plutocracy political economy popular population possessions present principles produced question regard relations religion self-government social society sociology Spain struggle for existence Sumner territory things tion torture trade traditions United vanity wages wealth whole wife William Graham Sumner witchcraft witches woman women world-philosophy
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Page 235 - The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D.
Page 26 - If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject, because doctrines get inside of a man's own reason and . betray him against himself.
Page 34 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Page 30 - There is no state of readiness for war; the notion calls for never-ending sacrifices. It is a fallacy. It is evident that to pursue such a notion with any idea of realizing it would absorb all the resources and activity of the state; this the great European states are now proving by experiment. A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you want; for what we prepare for is what we shall get.
Page 197 - The great stream of time and earthly things will sweep on just the same in spite of us. It bears with it now all the errors and follies of the past, the wreckage of all the philosophies, the fragments of all the civilizations, the wisdom of all the abandoned ethical systems, the debris of all the institutions, and the penalties of all the mistakes. It is only in imagination that we stand by and look at and criticize it and plan to change it.
Page 236 - ... ignore all the effects on other members of society than the ones they have in view. They are always under the dominion of the superstition of government, and, forgetting that a government produces nothing at all, they leave out of sight the first fact to be remembered in all social discussion — that the State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man.
Page 184 - ... country has been advancing with constant acceleration, and has become a noticeable feature within our time. This movement is the advance in the industrial organization. The first settlement was made by agriculturists, and for a long time there was scarcely any organization. There were scattered farmers, each working for himself, and some small towns with only rudimentary commerce and handicrafts. As the country has filled up, the arts and professions have been differentiated and the industrial...
Page 20 - There is only one limit possible to the war preparations of a modern European state; that is, the last man and the last dollar it can controL What will come of the mixture of sentimental social philosophy and warlike policy? There is only one thing rationally to be expected, and that is a frightful effusion of blood in revolution and war during the century now opening.
Page 186 - We have to make up our minds to it, adjust ourselves to it, and sit down to live with it. Its inevitableness may be disputed, in which case we must re-examine it; but if our analysis is correct, when we reach what is inevitable we reach the end, and our regulations must apply to ourselves, not to the social facts. Now the intensification of the social organization is what gives us greater social power.
Page 312 - It is militarism which is eating up all the products of science and art, defeating the energy of the population and wasting its savings. It is militarism which forbids the people to give their attention to the problems of their own welfare and to give their strength to the education and comfort of their children.