Word: distiguish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...imperative to distiguish Russell from the bulk of conscientious objectors, since he supported England's entry into W.W.II. He never invoked a moral absolute so his change of heart cannot rightly be held inconsistent: in 1915, war seemed more noxious than defeat by the Kaiser. Yet in 1939 he said, "I am still a pacifist in the sense that I think peace the most important thing in the world. But I do not think there can be any peace in the world while Hitler prospers...If we lose it will be hell, probably for a long time to come...
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