Two contradictory forces of human nature-pugnacity and love of peace-have been struggling from times immemorial for supremacy. If war is the natural urge of man and the spontaneous growth of his pugnacious nature then peace is the demand of a social life and prerequisite of social cohesion. War results in the victor and the vanquished, the triumphant and the defeated, the proud and the humiliated. War brings material benefits and territorial sovereignty to the victor whereas the defeat loses his liberty, free thinking, traditional way of life, even civilization and culture.
War was considered to be the only alternative to reconcile the two opposing nations and to decide finally the supremacy of the one-ironically enough we can say they justified the truth of the 'survival of the fittest'. The possession of victor were the source of pride, the position of vantage and the power to exploit the victim.
War has always been praised by the war-mongers; war shakes off the sloth which eats upon the motive power behind the national effort. With all the halo of glory war is condemned because it brings in its wake misery, frustration, death, destruction and so many evils which might be found only in Pandora's Box. peace creates an atmosphere of love, generosity and kindness.
War brings victory and the sense of victory whereas peace imparts spiritual peace and zest to work for one's progress and the nation's uplift; war feeds the devil in man whereas peace nurse the angel in him; war leads him towards the abyss of destruction whereas peace takes him to the peaks of glory; peace hat its own victories no less renowned than war.War, the only weapon of Hitles. the only passion of the great warriors of the past, the only resort of the kings has added to its glories through the centuries, extending from the primitive ages, It spread, its tentacles in the plans as well as in the thinking of the people who were at helm of affairs in the different nations and countries. Its rooted itself in the psychology of man so as to assume the shape of a natural desire, which craved for expression at intervals.
Slavery was the legacy of war but the only means of satisfying the desires of the exploiters, who worked little and depended mostly upon slaves. As a result of it, war gained popularity because it not only brought wealth, both human and material, it also gave the power to rule the defeated .
The victor lived like a parasite rather a blood sucker who fed fat on the hard earned money of the poor vanquished and he showed no decency and observed no codes of conduct, and maintained no reverence for human life and Christian virtues. Every whim of his was carried through, every prejudice of his was respected, every desire of his was taken to be a law, every word of his was gospel truth. What more power can any other action confer than war itself.
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War was considered to be the only alternative to reconcile the two opposing nations and to decide finally the supremacy of the one-ironically enough we can say they justified the truth of the 'survival of the fittest'. The possession of victor were the source of pride, the position of vantage and the power to exploit the victim.
War has always been praised by the war-mongers; war shakes off the sloth which eats upon the motive power behind the national effort. With all the halo of glory war is condemned because it brings in its wake misery, frustration, death, destruction and so many evils which might be found only in Pandora's Box. peace creates an atmosphere of love, generosity and kindness.
War brings victory and the sense of victory whereas peace imparts spiritual peace and zest to work for one's progress and the nation's uplift; war feeds the devil in man whereas peace nurse the angel in him; war leads him towards the abyss of destruction whereas peace takes him to the peaks of glory; peace hat its own victories no less renowned than war.War, the only weapon of Hitles. the only passion of the great warriors of the past, the only resort of the kings has added to its glories through the centuries, extending from the primitive ages, It spread, its tentacles in the plans as well as in the thinking of the people who were at helm of affairs in the different nations and countries. Its rooted itself in the psychology of man so as to assume the shape of a natural desire, which craved for expression at intervals.
Slavery was the legacy of war but the only means of satisfying the desires of the exploiters, who worked little and depended mostly upon slaves. As a result of it, war gained popularity because it not only brought wealth, both human and material, it also gave the power to rule the defeated .
The victor lived like a parasite rather a blood sucker who fed fat on the hard earned money of the poor vanquished and he showed no decency and observed no codes of conduct, and maintained no reverence for human life and Christian virtues. Every whim of his was carried through, every prejudice of his was respected, every desire of his was taken to be a law, every word of his was gospel truth. What more power can any other action confer than war itself.
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