The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-21
Dissecting the Pacifst.

In one % 'he uadirs- - his Tar.
tastic novels. Gilbert Chestnrroa pie,
lures an Eng M turned into one
great insane asylum with .uca'ics
FOR keepers and ,ur doctors Those
who have managed 20 keep their
heads reasonably level may have
somsthins ot 'ae same sensation
when they .a learned professors
Of psychology. biology neurology
and like yorT.dta!" spccialtles ge'-
ting themsa.vs, So heated mp n Tho
general excitement As TO- drag "a
cifists into The laboratory for vjyi
section One az these wonderful
experts. writing ir the grave cages
OF the Atlantic Monthly. ands pa
cifsm 20 BE- variant % that form
OF degenerate parvers'cu which
takes An abnormal pleasure in suf
lering 4 no 'ass brilliant line ~
thought 20 followed up by IT stow
art Patton lecturer Boz urlro-b.o,rEy
IN Princeton university. who like
Col Roosevelt f-ds no pariAst n
weakllng tie gives 'kis depressing
diagnosis
The m"r1rrIes - r's79rr.-'.t am
billions or a. defeat .~ UsrH.rHi GONE
niets. A." yrclr.'~d outward a0i -
gucNcy u rome ~'e cal or political
nt'aFurs 'or irVur. 0g peace The
idea ~ HtrUEE'' ~ Wer- .s apirVv-
rent. not prirH.l.. ae+sus" 3D." hap
concerned tut .s,aus~ me ghost OF
unsolved p~rs1nai Problems constant
ly fore them selves upon their atfeu
ton. what amounts - excuses Tor
failur" 70 adjust their own acttvtfIsv
surcsssfully - expressed IN variety
% wAys Sometime % - ASSUMED
devotion 20 an intellectual pursuit
with an avOwei contempt for prarff-
cal I'VE or ~ may D." nc phArtssi-
cal declaration that war !z.n not sub
Jet that e'ucatei p~rrore should
consider IRE psvs ti'ity - the re-
turn ~ weakened seuse % person
ally - something that cannot bc
cortsU plated with "Quau nifty. and
Therefore there ~ n lrorur' rejection
% every sugres'Ior - s'ruggle ma
tional a. we'll as personal
There is william Jennings Bryan.
for example as failure who can
be compared with him. Not many
Americans can hope FOR chance 70
fail 30 often 81 election 20 the presi.
dency. Yet as a lecturer as man
OF business With an eye 10 solvency.
and as a politician who has won tho
regard OF great part % his fellow.
citizens, the author OF The First
Battle" and Under Other Flags"
can hardly Dc written OF as a mere
dersiict, go depressed by the mem.
Org OF personal defeats az % hate the
very notion ~ contest II defeat AT
the polls could be credited with such
an effect how II ~ thar Col Roose.
velt has come back from that river
OF doubt. Salt Creek. a hotter Hot
spur than ever
There n tho sad case % Henry
Ford. He IL another miserable fail.
ure. for one can rarely watch the
tranfr on a busy street very long
without seeing car Of some other
make pass. Plenty o. business men.
In other lines, think this bad leak In
his own affairs ought 10 have been
plugged UP before he turned his at.
tention 20 the world at large and its
troubles SIN, even failure is rela-
tive; there are non pacinsts on sal
airy who would not be unwilling 10
fail like Ford. On the whole. we
may doubt also whether IN his case
defeat in personal conflicts" ex-
plains why 20 him tho idea of
struggle. ~ war, Is abhorrent"
II IL. however, an interesting line
OF inquiry. and II might prontably
be- followed up with Mathematics
biological dissertation on tangents.
normals and subnormals. explaining
why II II that a lost nut IL disas-
trous 20 high. geared mental machIn.
cry In the ratio Of the cube OF the
vertical rotation 10 the total thought
mass n the war lasts much longer
the professors viii be much alike
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