The haunting private thoughts of one of the twentieth century's best known English soldiers and poets

Whatever happened to opposing wars that should never have been authorized?

Absence of thought is the chief enemy to freedom of mind.

I do not say that we did wrong in repudiating the German ideals, I only want to know what our repudiation means. It seemed intuitive rather than deliberate.

American opinion, in its anxiety to find who struck the match that started the blaze of war, has tended to ignore the nature and quantity of the fuel.

The American people were as ill-prepared to meet the spiritual challenge of the war as they were to protect themselves against its distressing economic effects.