The Commonwealth At War
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It was not for profit that the British realms interposed. In a sense we had, in a sense we had not counted the cost which Herr Beth- mann Hollweg thought would deter us. In either case the cost was not the material point. The British realms stood in August, 1914, where Luther stood at the Diet of Worms — they could do no other than they did. They could not afford to faU short of the standard set by Belgium and her heroic King, and ignobly ignore his appeal against might. Nor, in the face of tha...t example, are they anxious to boast of their virtue ; compared with Belgium's temptation to peace and her sacrifice for the sake of her honour, their own temptations and sufferings have been slight.
" Above all the nations stands humanity " is a famous legend in a great American university ; and the merit of the British realms consists merely in this : they set enough store on humanity to strike a blow in its de- fence, and in its cause they were not too proud to fight.
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BRITISH IDEALISM AND ITS COST IN WAR.1 There are British disciples of Prussian Realpolitik who are only happy in the conviction that their country has been actuated by no motive higher than that of mere self-interest ; and some have worked themselves into what seems to them a state of virtuous indignation over the hypocrisy of pretending that we entered the war to vindicate Belgian neutrality or the liberties of little nations, or indeed for any other purpose than that of self-defence.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was not for profit that the British realms interposed. In a sense we had, in a sense we had not counted the cost which Herr Beth- mann Hollweg thought would deter us. In either case the cost was not the material point. The British realms stood in August, 1914, where Luther stood at the Diet of Worms — they could do no other than they did. They could not afford to faU short of the standard set by Belgium and her heroic King, and ignobly ignore his appeal against might. Nor, in the face of tha...t example, are they anxious to boast of their virtue ; compared with Belgium's temptation to peace and her sacrifice for the sake of her honour, their own temptations and sufferings have been slight.
" Above all the nations stands humanity " is a famous legend in a great American university ; and the merit of the British realms consists merely in this : they set enough store on humanity to strike a blow in its de- fence, and in its cause they were not too proud to fight.
VI.
BRITISH IDEALISM AND ITS COST IN WAR.1 There are British disciples of Prussian Realpolitik who are only happy in the conviction that their country has been actuated by no motive higher than that of mere self-interest ; and some have worked themselves into what seems to them a state of virtuous indignation over the hypocrisy of pretending that we entered the war to vindicate Belgian neutrality or the liberties of little nations, or indeed for any other purpose than that of self-defence.
What to read after The Commonwealth At War?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by A F Albert Frederick Pollard to read onlineMoreLess
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