...American admirals, Fiske and Luce, say that war is an ordinance of God. Theodore Roosevelt says, " We must play a great part in the world, and especially...which above everything else bring national renown." (" Strenuous Life.") Such, in brief, lias been the place of war in history. It has been regarded as...

...just as we despise a man who submits to insult. What is true of a man ought to be true of a nation.1 We must play a great part in the world and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood, of valour, which above everything else bring national renown. We do not admire a man of timid peace....

...responsible for the increase of militarism in the United States, expounded his philosophy as follows : We must play a great part in the world, and especially perform those deeds of blood and valour which above everything else bring national renown. The navy and army are the sword and shield...

..."strenuous life," according to which, unless we fight frequently, we shall die from "ignoble ease." We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood and valour which above everything else bring national renown. . . . Our army and navy have never been built...

...amongst mankind and to be exempt from our scorn. Again Mr. Roosevelt exhorted Americans in the words, "We must play a great part in the world, and especially perform those deeds of blood, of valor, which, above everything else bring national renown. " His doctrine is summed up in the affirmation,...

...peace. * Ex-President Roosevelt, too, holds this ideal out to us as the highest national ambition : We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood, of valour, which above everything else bring national renown.* I shall show in the two following chapters...

...conquer the world,' will doubtless be fulfilled in time." — Luce: North American Review, 153, p. 675. "We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood, of valour, which above everything else bring national renown." — Roosevelt: The Strenuous Life. Cited...

...war is a biological necessity, that it is the mother of all the virtues, and that every nation must perform those deeds of blood and valor which above everything else bring national renown. Bernhardi is not simply a Prussian ; he is a Russian, a Frenchman, an Englishman, an American. He is...

...can we acquire those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life" or that "we must play a great part in the world and especially perform those deeds of blood, of valor, which above everything else bring national renown?" As opposed to such militant doctrines,...

..."strenuous life," according to which, unless we fight frequently, we shall die from "ignoble ease." We must play a great part in the world, and especially...which above everything else bring national renown. . . . Our army and navy have never been built up as they should be built up. . . . The navy and army...