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Chapter 25

           Warisnotcourtesybutthemosthorriblethinginlife;andweoughttounderstandthatandnotplayatwar.Weoughttoacceptthisterriblenecessitysternlyandseriously.Itallliesinthat:getridoffalsehoodandletwarbewarandnotagame.Asitisnow,waristhefavoritepastimeoftheidleandfrivolous.Themilitarycallingisthemosthighlyhonored.

           “Butwhatiswar?Whatisneededforsuccessinwarfare?Whatarethehabitsofthemilitary?Theaimofwarismurder;themethodsofwararespying,treachery,andtheirencouragement,theruinofacountry’sinhabitants,robbingthemorstealingtoprovisionthearmy,andfraudandfalsehoodtermedmilitarycraft.Thehabitsofthemilitaryclassaretheabsenceoffreedom,thatis,discipline,idleness,ignorance,cruelty,debauchery,anddrunkenness.Andinspiteofallthisitisthehighestclass,respectedbyeveryone.Allthekings,excepttheChinese,wearmilitaryuniforms,andhewhokillsmostpeoplereceivesthehighestrewards.

           “Theymeet,asweshallmeettomorrow,tomurderoneanother;theykillandmaimtensofthousands,andthenhavethanksgivingservicesforhavingkilledsomanypeople(theyevenexaggeratethenumber),andtheyannounceavictory,supposingthatthemorepeopletheyhavekilledthegreatertheirachievement.HowdoesGodabovelookatthemandhearthem?”exclaimedPrinceAndrewinashrill,piercingvoice.“Ah,myfriend,ithasoflatebecomehardformetolive.IseethatIhavebeguntounderstandtoomuch.Anditdoesn’tdoformantotasteofthetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil....

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