Excerpt from The Blessings of War Disciplined intelligence is mightier than disciplined docility. At the beginning of the war, the world was amazed at the perfect discipline of the German people less than of the German army. Events have proved, however, that individualistic nations such as the British under stress will freely accept discipline with consequences still more amazing than the disciplined docility of the German people. I believe that in America the results will be even more striking than in Great Britain. It is true that we have been somewhat riotous in our individualism; but at all events we do possess initiative and we are highly intelligent, although we may t be docile or humble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.