HEALTH AS A DUTY 



nurse cold steel in our own heart than have 

 an enemy drive it there. 



Are not cultivated people growing too 

 sentimental ; too timid about inflicting pain 

 on animals, children, themselves, and 

 others? The common argument against 

 war is sound; but is not the common senti- 

 ment against war mostly a downright 

 weakness? Is not anti-vivisection sentiment 

 the same? And do not these phenomena 

 indicate a very serious lack in our moral 

 character as a nation? Would not a sterner 

 nation in competition with us, other things 

 being equal, get the better of us? 



It seems to us that hard-heartedness has 

 been one very important factor in the suc- 

 cess of Englishmen on earth. So of Rome. 



"For Romans in Rome's quarrels 

 Spared neither land nor gold, 

 Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life 

 In the brave days of old." 



"Has a nationality ever sprung from a 

 people that had not the power of hate? The 

 devil must add his leaven to the loaf or the 

 bread is no food for time." 



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