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War does not permit itself to be coordinated with reason and righteousness. It needs stimulated emotions, enthusiasm for its own cause and hatred for the adversary. It lies in human nature that deep emotion cannot be prolonged indefinitely, either in the individual or in a people, a fact that is known to all military organizations. Therefore it requires an artificial stimulation, a constant “doping” of excitement; and this whipping up was to be performed by the intellectuals, the poets, the writers and the journalists, scrupulously or otherwise, honestly or as a matter of professional routine. They were to beat the drums of hatred and beat them they did, until the ears of the unprejudiced hummed and their hearts quaked. In Germany, in France, in Italy, in Russia, and in Belgium, they all obediently served the war propaganda and thus the mass delusion and mass hatred, instead of fighting against it. The results were disastrous... Shakespeare was banned from the German stage, Mozart and Wagner from the French and English concert halls, German professors declared that Dante had been Germanic, the French that Beethoven had been a Belgian, intellectual culture was requisitioned without scruple from the enemy countries like grain and ore. It was not enough that thousands of peace-loving citizens were killing each other daily at the front. In the hinterland there was mutual berating and slandering of the great dead of the enemy countries, who had been slumbering in their graves for centuries. The mental confusion increased in absurdity... It soon became impossible to converse reasonably with anybody in the first war weeks of 1914.


I am an evolutionary biologist with interests in history, literature and philosophy. Darouet is taken from "d'Arouet:" François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) adopted the nom de plume Voltaire following his imprisonment in the Bastille in 1717.[1]

  1. ^ Davidson, Ian. Voltaire: A Life, pp.20-22. Profile Books, London: 2010.

Articles I've started:

Africa
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French Africa task force talk
Protected areas task force talk
Saint Helena task force talk
Seychelles task force talk
Spanish Africa task force talk
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Articles I've translated:

This user lived in the arctic Haughton impact crater.
This user once cooked in a French Fusion restaurant.
This user loves J. M. W. Turner, sailboats and sailing.
This user loves trees like all other primates.
This user knows that Marvin Gaye was the soul of Motown.
This user is concerned that climate change will impact fishermen in Lake Turkana.
This wikipedian is a
Citizen of the World
(Terra, ).
This user is a scientist.
This user supports the Bill of Rights.
This user is a sucker for nostalgia in poetry, music and film.
This user does not believe in God, but does believe in J.S. Bach.
This user would not fuck with Caravaggio.
"...Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into morning..."
This user is a member of
WikiProject Africa.
inclThis user is an inclusionist.
PhDThis user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biology.
To Do
Frederick Jermaine Carter
Defender of the Constitution
Paul, Emile, Jeanne, and Frédéric Wenz
Frederican code
Paul-Philippe Gudin de La Brenellerie
Voltaire's eulogy
TCEA
Henry Hinds laboratory for geophysical sciences
drone strike memo
police militarization
2014 german foreign policy shift
The BND affair
Bee Dee Belemnite
Charles Richard Taylor
Delhi High Court People for Animals Vs. Md. Mohazzim
AR 2-2
Giant's stairs, Bailey Island
Ether extract
Arabidopsis thaliana (commensal)
Operation Linda Nchi
Wadi el-Hol
Turkana
Emuruangogolak
Turkana Basin Institute
Friends of Lake Turkana
Karsa checkY
Kokiselei
Lomekwi
Nachukui
Turkwel
Baragoi clashes
Lothidok Range
Lapurr Range
Buluk
Jarigole
Loperot (one sentence made)
Lakhapelinyang
Turkwel Escarpment
Muruanachok
Kinu Sogo
Kalodirr
Moruorot
Alomonet
Konukuanga Hill
Kamurunyang Hill
Naserte
Kakurtua Hill
Ngaletiti Hills
Loperi Hill
Nakwel Esha
Kalatum
Nathuraa
Eragaleit
Lataagur
Kalorukangola
Ferguson's Gulf
Kalakol town
Kalakol River
Kalakodo River
Lowarengak town
Lowarengak river
Nakitokonon
Lokitoinyala
Naitoo
Namadak town
Lokametemoi
Kalachoro
Naiyena Engol
Nachukui formation
Nachukui river

Nachukui town
Kaitio
Nariokotome river
Kangaki
Lokalalei
Kataboi river
Kataboi town
Todenyang
Lokitaung
Morua Rith Hills (spelling?)
Kaieri Akak
Nabelete Akait
Karari ridge
Il Eriet river
Il Alia river
Bakate gap
The Original Barnstar
Thanks for the article "Domestic Security Alliance Council" that you created! Gandydancer (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for adding photographs to the Wikipedia articles about Iraqi journalists! Crtew (talk) 19:18, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Owl Of Accuracy and Integrity
Awarded for your work at Talk:Right Sector. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 13:13, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Kitten of Courtesy

For Talk:Right Sector Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 13:16, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Vigilance star
Thanks for keeping an eye on people trying rip out large chunks of well-sourced text from the US Involvement in Regime Change article. Please stay involved of you can NYCJosh (talk) 03:02, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Hi Darouet. Thank you for maintaining the highest standards for collaboration and collegiality. Kind regards. - MrX 13:40, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Keep up the good fight, Darouet! Although we've crossed paths a few times I hadn't realized that you've launched so many great articles! NYCJosh (talk) 20:02, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
"Sunflower Award"

Your work as an editor is not being graded,
But it certainly is much appreciated,
To know that you see with vision that's clear,
A shining light of integrity we tend to hold dear.

Thank you for all do!

Atsme Talk 📧 20:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar
Verifying the world, can't stop, won't stop GPRamirez5 (talk) 19:22, 18 October 2019 (UTC)