Conscious Man, To Be Sure,

This Topic Brings Me To That Worst Outcrop Of Herd Life, The Military System, Which I Abhor... This Plague-spot Of Civilization Ought To Be Abolished With All Possible Speed. Heroism On Command, Senseless Violence, And All The Loathsome Nonsense That Goes By The Name Of Patriotism -- How Passionately I Hate Them!

To Me The Worst Thing Seems To Be A School Principally To Work With Methods Of Fear, Force And Artificial Authority. Such Treatment Destroys The Sound Sentiments, The Sincerity And The Self-confidence Of Pupils And Produces A Subservient Subject.

Teaching Should Be Such That What Is Offered Is Perceived As A Valuable Gift And Not As A Hard Duty.

Our Defense Is Not In Our Armaments, Nor In Science, Nor In Going Underground. Our Defense Is In Law And Order.

The Contemplation Of This World Beckoned Like A Liberation