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If the Nazis have really been guilty of the unspeakable crimes circumstantially imputed to them, then – let us make no mistake – pacifism is faced with a situation with which it cannot cope. The conventional pacifist conception of a reasonable or generous peace is irrelevant to this reality.

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For a good man to realize that it is better to be whole than to be good is to enter on a strait and narrow path compared to which his previous rectitude was flowery license.

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John Middleton Murry

John Middleton Murry

Born: August 6, 1889
Died: March 12, 1957 (aged 67)
Bio: John Middleton Murry was an English writer. He was prolific, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime.
Known for:
  1. The Problem of Style (1921)
  2. Aspects of Literature (1920)
  3. Selected Criticism, 1916-1957
  4. Son of Woman (1931)
  5. The Things We are: A Novel (1922)

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