The Little Review, September 1914 (Vol. 1, No. 6)

The Little Review, September 1914 (Vol. 1, No. 6)

A great newspaper has published a cartoon picturing Uncle Sam on a harvesting machine, calmly saying Giddap to his horses, while a neglected sheet with the inscription European war blows to one side. As long as devastation and horror do not exist on his own piece of land, Uncle Sam doesnt carewhile he can harvest his wheat and sell it at a good high price to starving people. Even the dramatic aspect of the tremendous conflict does not impinge on his provincial consciousness. Can this contemptible attitude represent that of any great number of our people? One cannot escape the feeling that it is the usual reaction of the newspaper to any thing outside of business, whether it be social misery, or an interesting idea. But in this case its brutish stupidity is so flagrantly apparent that even the majority must revolt from it. A more creditable reaction is anger. With such titanic wrath blazing in Europe, any sensitive person must reflect a little of it. Anger at what? We dont know precisely until we stop to think. The emotion comes before the intellectual objective. Anger perhaps at the terrific human waste. Twenty-odd million men flying at each others throats and destroying the bitterly won triumphs of years of peace, without any good reason. We hear phrases like balance of power, dynastic supremacy, the life of our country, patriotism, racial prejudice, difference of religion. Each individual nation is praying to God with profound sincerity for its own success. Priests bless the arms. There is no denying the reality of all this in the consciousness of Europe. Such things do lead men to battle with the fire of conviction. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64177
Author: Various
Release Date: Dec 30, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Anderson, Margaret C., 1886-1973