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Civilisation Will Not Last, Freedom Will Not Survive, Peace Will Not Be Kept, Unless A Very Large Majority Of Mankind Unite Together To Defend Them And Show Themselves Possessed Of A Constabulary Power Before Which Barbaric And Atavistic Forces Will Stand In Awe.

We Are All Functioning At A Small Fraction Of Our Capacity.

How Dreadful Are The Curses Which Mohammedanism Lays On Its Votaries! Besides The Fanatical Frenzy, Which Is As Dangerous In A Man As Hydrophobia In A Dog, There Is This Fearful Fatalistic Apathy. Improvident Habits, Slovenly Systems Of Agriculture, Sluggish Methods Of Commerce, And Insecurity Of Property Exist Wherever The Followers Of The Prophet Rule Or Live. A Degraded Sensualism Deprives This Life Of Its Grace And Refinement; The Next Of Its Dignity And Sanctity.

It Is Easier To Give Directions Than Advice, And More Agreeable To Have The Right To Act, Even In A Limited Sphere, Than The Privilege To Talk At Large.

The Only Thing That Ever Really Frightened Me During The War Was The U-boat Peril...it Did Not Take The Form Of Flaring Battles And Glittering Achievements, It Manifested Itself Through Statistics, Diagrams, And Curves Unknown To The Nation, Incomprehensible To The Public.