Militarism Is Basically A Way Of Thinking,

The Idea Of Eternity Lives In All Of Us. We Thirst To Live In A Belief Which Raises Our Small Personality To A Higher Coherence - A Coherence Which Is Human And Yet Superhuman, Absolute And Yet Steadily Growing And Developing, Ideal And Yet Real.

Modern Techniques Have Torn Down State Frontiers, Both Economical And Intellectual. The Growth Of Means Of Transport Has Created A World Market And An Opportunity For Division Of Labor Embracing All The Developed And Most Of The Undeveloped States.

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.

It Is Against This Concept Of The Sovereign State, A State Isolated By Protectionism And Militarism, That Internationalism Must Now Engage In Decisive Battle.

It Is An Accepted Commonplace In Psychology That The Spiritual Level Of People Acting As A Crowd Is Far Lower Than The Mean Of Each Individual's Intelligence Or Morality.