In War 



of freedom of thought and action, in- 

 crease of wealth gained by plunder, 

 loss of national existence. 



So fell Greece and Rome, Carthage 

 and Egypt, the Arabs and the Moors, 

 because, their warriors dying, the nation 

 bred real men no more. The man of 

 the strong arm and the quick eye gave 

 place to the slave, the pariah, the man 

 with the hoe, whose lot changes not 

 with the change of dynasties. 



Other nations of Europe may furnish 

 illustrations in greater or less degree. 

 Germany guards her men, and reduces 

 the waste of war to a minimum. She is 

 " military, but not warlike " ; and this 

 distinction means a great deal from the 

 point of view of this discussion. In 

 modern times the greatest loss of Ger- 

 many has been not from war, but from 

 emigration. If the men who have left 

 Germany are of higher type than those 

 who remain at home, then the blood of 

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