But away from death this may be unconvincing; and one may still shout of the glory of floating the ship of freedom in the blood of the enemy.

I give him pause.

He may still correct his philosophy in view of the horror of a street accident or the brutality of a prize-fight.
IV But war must be faced and blood must be shed, not gleefully, but as a terrible necessity, because there are moral horrors worse than any physical horror, because freedom is indispensable for a soul erect, and freedom must be had at any cost of suffering; the soul is greater than the body.

This is the justification of war.

If hesitating to undertake it means the overthrow of liberty possessed, or the lying passive in slavery already accomplished, then it is the duty of every man to fight if he is standing, or revolt if he is down.