Mary Roberts Rinehart Quote

War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies.... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that on women, without a voice to protest, must fall the burden. It is easier to die than to send a son to death.


Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front (1915)


War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies.... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that...

War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies.... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that...

War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies.... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that...

War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies.... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that...