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themselves in man, and the characteristic standards 

 of mind that express themselves in woman, which 

 has come to dominate all the leading activities of 

 civilization. The overwhelming heredity of the 

 fight compels every form of Power expressing 

 itself through men, and particularly through men of 

 the Western races, towards that objective of self- 

 realization in the present which is distinctive of the 

 male mind. All the standards of conduct to the in- 

 fluence of which war is due are essentially standards 

 of the self-regarding emotions thus driving men 

 to self-realization in the present. " There are no 

 Rights in the world like Mine." " There are no 

 People in the world like Us." " There is no To- 

 morrow in the world like To-day. " These are the 

 cries which have from the beginning represented 

 the elemental emotions underlying war. They 

 carry a challenge to the primary law of civilization 

 with its centre of gravity in the future as deep 

 seated as is the challenge of the highwayman to the 

 first law of ordered society. 



Nothing can ever reconcile this elemental anta- 

 gonism between the principles of civilization and 

 the principles of war. One side must ultimately 

 annihilate the other. But no material or economic 

 cause, no agreement between nations, can in itself 

 abolish war. War can never be brought to an end 



