Instincts of the Herd in Peace And War
Instincts of the Herd in Peace And War
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An intel- ligent, educated, organized people, directed con- sciously towards a definite ambition, finds its path blocked by an enemy in chief. Surely there are two principles of action which should at once be adopted : first, to estimate with complete objectivity the true strength of the enemy, and to allow no national prejudice, no liking for pleasant prophesy- ing to distort the truth, and secondly, to guard against exasperating the enemy, lest t1ie inevita^ble conflict should ultimately be p...recipitated by her at her moment.
Both these principles the instinctive impulsions to which Germany was liable compelled her to violate. She allowed herself to accept opinions of England's strength, moral and physical, which were pleasant rather than true. She listened eagerly to political philosophers and historians — the most celebrated of whom was, by aii ominous coincidence, deaf — who told her that the Empire of England was founded in fraud and perpetuated in feebleness, that it consisted of a mere loose congeries of disloyal peoples who would fly asunder at the first touch of '- reality, *' that it was rotten with insurgency, senile decay and satiety^ and would not and could not fight.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
An intel- ligent, educated, organized people, directed con- sciously towards a definite ambition, finds its path blocked by an enemy in chief. Surely there are two principles of action which should at once be adopted : first, to estimate with complete objectivity the true strength of the enemy, and to allow no national prejudice, no liking for pleasant prophesy- ing to distort the truth, and secondly, to guard against exasperating the enemy, lest t1ie inevita^ble conflict should ultimately be p...recipitated by her at her moment.
Both these principles the instinctive impulsions to which Germany was liable compelled her to violate. She allowed herself to accept opinions of England's strength, moral and physical, which were pleasant rather than true. She listened eagerly to political philosophers and historians — the most celebrated of whom was, by aii ominous coincidence, deaf — who told her that the Empire of England was founded in fraud and perpetuated in feebleness, that it consisted of a mere loose congeries of disloyal peoples who would fly asunder at the first touch of '- reality, *' that it was rotten with insurgency, senile decay and satiety^ and would not and could not fight.
What to read after Instincts of the Herd in Peace And War?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W Wilfred Trotter to read onlineMoreLess
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