But We Were Made To Believe And

Habits Of Thought Persist Through The Centuries; And While A Healthy Brain May Reject The Doctrine It No Longer Believes, It Will Continue To Feel The Same Sentiments Formerly Associated With That Doctrine.

I Used To Lie Awake As A Child And Get More Entertainment And Terror Out Of Blank Walls And Plain Furniture Than Most Children Could Find In A Toy-store.

Patriotism, Red Hot, Is Compatible With The Existence Of A Neglect Of National Interests, A Dishonesty, A Cold Indifference To The Suffering Of Millions. Patriotism Is Largely Pride, And Very Largely Combativeness. Patriotism Generally Has A Chip On Its Shoulder.

A Concept Is Stronger Than A Fact.

As To Ethics, Unfortunately, We Are Still At Sea. We Never Did Have Any Popular Base For What Little Ethics We Knew, Except The Religious Theories, And Now That Our Faith Is Shaken In Those Theories We Cannot Account For Ethics At All. It Is No Wonder We Behave Badly, We Are Literally Ignorant Of The Laws Of Ethics, Which Is The Simplest Of Sciences, The Most Necessary, The Most Continuously Needed. The Childish Misconduct Of Our 'revolted Youth' Is Quite Equaled By That Of Older People, And Neither Young Nor Old Seem To Have Any Understanding Of The Reasons Why Conduct Is 'good' Or 'bad.