Only Recently, During The Nineteenth Century, And

Militarism Is Basically A Way Of Thinking, A Certain Interpretation Of The Function Of The State; This Manner Of Thinking Is, Moreover, Revealed By Its Outer Forms: By Armaments And State Organization.

The Simultaneous Reactions Elicited All Over The World By The Reading Of Newspaper Dispatches About The Same Events Create, As It Were, A Common Mental Pulse Beat For The Whole Of Civilized Mankind.

History Shows Us That Other Highly Developed Forms Of Civilization Have Collapsed. Who Knows Whether The Same Fate Does Not Await Our Own?

In Particular, The Efforts To Reestablish Peace After The World War Have Been Directed Toward The Formation Of States And The Regulation Of Their Frontiers According To A Consciously National Program.

Internationalism On The Other Hand Admits That Spiritual Achievements Have Their Roots Deep In National Life; From This National Consciousness Art And Literature Derive Their Character And Strength And On It Even Many Of The Humanistic Sciences Are Firmly Based.