I may not appear to say 'yes' willingly, but at the same time may not have the right to say 'no.'" Paul followed silently, and Wilhelm went on: "You deceive yourself as to your duty like all these people, who imagine that they are still separate individuals, and that they can sanction or forbid as they will the declaration of war.

I, however, know and feel that I have no longer a voice in the matter.

I have only to obey.

I am no longer an individual.

I am only an evanescent subordinate unit in the organism of the State.