The German Tragedy and Its Meaning for Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The German Tragedy and Its Meaning for CanadaIt is an old story. Israel's history rings with the cry of protest against the man of might who oppresseth the righteous, and to-day the Imprecatory Psalms sound very modern. Greece also te sisted the barbarian who personified Force. On the pediment of the Parthenon as Athena sprang to life the horses of Night sank under the waves and the steeds of the chariot of Dawn rose from the surface of the deep. Again and again the small people of intrepid faith has defied the armies of the mighty. The Israelite and the Greek saved the world from godless Force, last August another small nation saved Europe. In ancient times the great world too often was the embodiment of force, and the struggling people, the minority, the poor stood for and preserved the ideal. But to-day, unless we are hopelessly deluded, the world as a whole siding with the small peoples is in the right, while Germany, Austria and Turkey are in the wrong. The moral conviction of the world is against them. This means that civilised men have discovered danger in their policies and methods. Mere dislike of a people who have become prosperous and are arrogant is no sufficient explanation of the attitude of the nations. The agelong con¿ict is being fought out again. The tone of the people of France shows that they regard the issue as a moral one. For Britons the war is a sacred campaign.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.