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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "Heroism by order" mean "(because of the order of his leader, the soldier becomes heroic so as to complete his task)？
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Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism-how I hate them! War seems to me a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had sound sense of the nations not been systematic corrupted by commercial and political interestrl acting through the schools and the Press.
Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism-how I hate them! War seems to me a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had sound sense of the nations not been systematic corrupted by commercial and political interestrl acting through the schools and the Press.
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Einstein is talking about the military system. A soldier is under orders to put his life at risk, and by doing so to an extreme, he gets crowned and honored as a hero.
- Einstein is talking about the military system.
- A soldier is under orders to put his life at risk, and by doing so to an extreme, he gets crowned and honored as a hero.
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Einstein is talking about the military system.
A soldier is under orders to put his life at risk, and by doing so to an extreme, he gets crowned and honored as a hero.
A soldier is under orders to put his life at risk, and by doing so to an extreme, he gets crowned and honored as a hero.
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But Einstein says "how I hate them", not "how I hate it (the military system)."
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Them refers to Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism.
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