Never Again!

Edward Carpenter

Description

In the aftermath of the devastation caused by World War I, British poet, thinker and activist Edward Carpenter penned this impassioned plea to the world, imploring readers to band together in resistance against future global conflicts. It's a stirring and persuasive manifesto that anyone interested in the history of the period should read.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Military history

Informations

• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781776538850
• Langue: English

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NEVER AGAIN!
A PROTEST AND A WARNING ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE
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EDWARD CARPENTER
 
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Never Again! A Protest and a Warning Addressed to the Peoples of Europe First published in 1916 Epub ISBN 978-1-77653-885-0 Also available: PDF ISBN 978-1-77653-886-7 © 2014 The Floating Press and its licensors. All rights reserved. While every effort has been used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained in The Floating Press edition of this book, The Floating Press does not assume liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in this book. The Floating Press does not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance upon the accuracy or currency of information contained in this book. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. Many suitcases look alike. Visit www.thefloatingpress.com
Never Again!
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A Protest and a Warning Addressed to the Peoples of Europe
Never again must this Thing happen. The time has come — if the humanrace does not wish to destroy itself in its own madness — for mento make up their minds as to what they will do in the future; fornow indeed is it true that we are come to the cross-roads, we standat the Parting of the Ways.
The rapid and enormous growth of scientific invention makes it obviousthat Violence ten times more potent and sinister than that whichwe are witnessing to-day may very shortly be available for our use — orabuse — in War. On the other hand who can doubt that the rapid growthof interchange and understanding among the peoples of the world isdaily making Warfare itself, and the barbarities inevitably connectedwith it, more abhorrent to our common humanity?
Which of these lines are we to follow? Along which path are we to go?This is a question which the mass — peoples of Europe in the future — andnot merely the Governments — will have seriously to ponder and decide.
That bodies of men — as has happened a hundred times in the trenchesin Northern France and eve