Our generation has not accepted Christ’s ideal of
non-resistance, gentleness and humility. We believe in
_Dreadnaughts_ and armed regiments. At our conferences in The
Hague and Mohonk we plead for peace; at our capitals we vote
uncounted millions for cannon and bombshells. Disclaiming
hypocrisy, we excuse ourselves by saying that the best way to
preserve peace is to prepare for war, when in our hearts we know
that a man who carries a concealed revolver in his pocket is a
thousand times more likely to slay any chance enemy than if he
had left his weapon at home or hurled it into the sea. We admire
and love the Quaker--but we want him to stay in Philadelphia;
the man we send to Washington must argue for us that a nation
needs a war about once in thirty years.--N. D. HILLIS.
(2025)
=Military Sagacity=--See RETREAT DISCOURAGED.
=Millennial Possibilities=--See FUTURE WELFARE.
=Mind=--See MASTERY.