Later, he writes; "The French (and all other people) should vindicate their rights with their last drop of blood; so what I write does not refer to those who defend their rights, but to those who violate the rights of others." (Note p.

70.) He does not put by the moral plea, but says: "Political servitude develops the greatest defects in the subjugated peoples." (p.

79.) And he pays his tribute to those who die for a noble cause: "My warmest sympathy goes out to those noble victims who preferred death to disgrace." (p.

82.) This is the true attitude and one to admire; and any writer worthy of esteem who writes for peace never fails to take the same stand.

Emerson, in his essay on "War," makes a fine appeal for peace, but he writes: "If peace is sought to be defended or preserved for the safety of the luxurious or the timid, it is a sham and the peace will be base.