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Germany and the Next War (1912)
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The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized.
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War is a biological necessity of the first importance, a regulative element in the life of mankind which cannot be dispensed with.... But it is not only a biological law but a moral obligation, and, as such, an dispensable factor in civilization.
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We must rouse in our people the unanimous wish for power in this sense, together with the determination to sacrifice on the altar of patriotism, not only life and property, but also private views and preferences in the interests of the common welfare.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Born:
November 22, 1849
Died:
November 12, 1930
(aged 80)
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