Word: madman
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...make us a glorious ally of the Entente. Naturally, this step will give a certain amount of moral support to the Allies, but real war is not composed of moral support alone. The man who stands with arms folded while his brother is struggling to throw off a madman might as well not exist. He may have the best wishes in the world for his brother's safety, but what good is he? America must regard the declaration of war as the overture to a tremendous movement of preparedness activity. First the army and navy, and then all our financial...
...general outbreak of insanity. This being, apparently, his view, Mr. Russell can hardly complain of his own treatment by the British Government; he must admit that, being in a madhouse, it is natural that the inmates, who regard themselves as sane, should after their fashion treat him as a madman. To escape the rigid supervision of the authorities in time of war, a philosopher would have to detach himself not merely from the point of view of his countrymen, but from that of the planet on which he lives, and go to live not, perhaps, on Mars, but on some...