[The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Island Pharisees CHAPTER XIII 4/9
I hope I make myself clear.
War is not necessary; it depends on nationality, but nationality is not necessary." He inclined his head to one side, "Why do we have nationality? Let us do away with boundaries--let us have the warfare of commerce.
If I see France looking at Brighton"-- he laid his head upon one side, and beamed at Shelton,--"what do I do? Do I say 'Hands off'? No.
'Take it,' I say--take it!'" He archly smiled.
"But do you think they would ?" And the softness of his contours fascinated Shelton. "The soldier," the person underneath the print resumed, "is necessarily on a lower plane--intellectually--oh, intellectually--than the philanthropist.
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