"To rescue mankind from that domination by the irrational which leads to war could surely be a more exultant fight than war itself, a fight capable of enlarging the souls of men and women with the same heightened conciousness of living, and uniting them in one dedicated community whose common purpose trancends the individual. Only the purpose itself would be different, for its achievement would mean, not death, but life." (Brittain V, 1978, The Testament of Youth, p656)
That was first published in 1933. We are still stuck in the same irrational rut that threatens to overwhelm us.
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