Religion and the War

ifist who chooses the Empire of China (!) as the example of its perfect work in the field of int

armies and hold her forts against the irr

s taken from Christ's own lips: "She has not lost her soul." The Celestial Empire on the other hand seems to this champion of the pacifism of Lao-tse to have practically realized the blessing

s. What they are is all they ever can be. Which means from the standpoin

g inert, blessed for so many centuries with all the felicity of submission, has thrown off the Manchu yoke of domination. And in the first surge of new-found strength she declares war against Attila and his Huns, and in the declaration itself avows that she is "fighting to establish peace." To such inconsistency does non-resistance seem fated as soon as

e to maintain consistency with

ee the connection between these principles and the uninter

of its neighbor states and girt on the sword.[11] For this, doubtless, we may hold the influx of alien immigrants more responsible than the genuine followers of

ance are saddening to its champions, but there remains ever a more ethereal realm, where