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Above the Battle

that she reforms herself, and her greatest geniuses
that she reforms herself, and her greatest geniuses
are sons of sorrow.
are sons of sorrow.


September 1914.
September 1914.


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Since these lines were written I have watched
Since these lines were written I have watched
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under by a stubborn effort to believe the bad
under by a stubborn effort to believe the bad
arguments collected by their Government to
arguments collected by their Government to
oppose it documents fabricated to prove that
oppose fabricated to prove that
Belgium had renounced her neutrality herself,
Belgium had renounced her neutrality herself,
false allegations (in vain repudiated four times
false allegations (in vain repudiated four times
by the French Government, by the Commander-
by the French Government, by the Commander-
⚫
and by the Mayor of Rheims) the
in-Chief, by the Cardinal and the Archbishop,
⚫
and by the Mayor of Rheims) accusing the
French of using the Cathedral of Rheims for
French of using the Cathedral of Rheims for
military purposes. Lacking arguments, their
military purposes. Lacking arguments, their
system of defence is at times disconcerting in
system of defence is at times disconcerting in
its naivete.
its .


" Is it possible," they say, " that we should
"Is it possible," they say, " that we should
be accused of wishing to destroy artistic monu-
be accused of wishing to destroy artistic
ments, we, the people above all others who
venerate art, in whom is instilled this respect
venerate art, in whom is instilled this respect
from infancy, who have the greatest number of
from infancy, who have the greatest number of
text books and historical collections of art and
text books and historical collections of art and
the longest list of lectures on aesthetics? Is it
the longest list of lectures on aesthetics? Is it

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Above the Battle

that she reforms herself, and her greatest geniuses are sons of sorrow.

September 1914.

***

Since these lines were written I have watched the birth of the anxiety which little by little is making its way into the consciences of the good people of Germany. First a secret doubt, kept under by a stubborn effort to believe the bad arguments collected by their Government to oppose it—documents fabricated to prove that Belgium had renounced her neutrality herself, false allegations (in vain repudiated four times by the French Government, by the Commander-in-Chief, by the Cardinal and the Archbishop, and by the Mayor of Rheims)—accusing the French of using the Cathedral of Rheims for military purposes. Lacking arguments, their system of defence is at times disconcerting in its naïveté.

"Is it possible," they say, " that we should be accused of wishing to destroy artistic monuments, we, the people above all others who venerate art, in whom is instilled this respect from infancy, who have the greatest number of text books and historical collections of art and

the longest list of lectures on aesthetics? Is it

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