Chapter XIV: Recrimination
“THAT there exists between France and Germany a sentimental animosity; and that between Germany and England there is an economic rivalry, we do not deny; but what we deny is that there exists from country to country, between these three great nations, any fundamental and irreconcilable antagonism. It is, therefore, our claim to put an end to all enmity between them and do away with all animosity. War would no longer settle anything. The times are gone when the conqueror destroyed the vanquished people and reduced it to slavery.
Chapter XV: On Brotherly Terms
I THINK I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Chapter XVI: Aftermath
“THESE are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:”
—Zechariah.
Appendix
An article appeared in The Labour Leader in February, 1915, which contained the following article and notes taken from the Pall Mall Gazette of February 4th and 5th, 1887. At that time Mr. W. T. Stead was the editor of the paper.
ENGLAND AND BELGIUM.
ARE WE BOUND TO INTERVENE?
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE.
How Diplomats Make War
BY FRANCIS NEILSON
COMMENTS ON THE FIRST EDITION
NEW YORK TIMES:
“The volume is written with much facility of expression and a large fund of materials. In diplomatic matters it attacks the faults of the ruling class in Great Britain in much the same way as ‘I Accuse!’ attacked those of the corresponding class in Germany.”
THE BOSTON HERALD:
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Away from Freedom
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AWAY
FROM
FREEDOM
The revolt of the college economists
VERVON ORVAL WATTS
THE FOUNDATION FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Los Angeles, California
1952
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About the Author
DR. ORVAL WATTS is an economist. Teaching is his career. He has taught economics to college students for seventeen years — at Harvard University, Clark University, Wellesley College, Antioch College, Carle-ton College, and Claremont Men’s College.
