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First, you have that form of it called national rivalry, which in good truth is nowadays the cause of all gunpowder and bayonet wars which civilized nations wage. FIRST YOU HAVE THAT FORM OF IT CALLED NATIONAL RIVALRY WHICH IN GOOD TRUTH IS NOWADAYS THE CAUSE OF ALL GUNPOWDER AND BAYONET WARS WHICH CIVILIZED NATIONS WAGE
 they wish to be honest, and you would then be free to consider whether or no war stimulates progress, otherwise than as a mad bull chasing you over your own garden may do. War or competition, whichever you please to call it, means at the best pursuing your own advantage at the cost of some one else’s loss, and in the process of it you must not be sparing of destruction even of your own possessions, or you will certainly come by the worse in the struggle. You understand that perfectly as to the kind of war in which people go out to kill and be killed; that sort of war in which ships are commissioned, for instance, “to sink, burn, and destroy;” but it appears that you are not so conscious of this waste of goods when you are only carrying on that other war called _commerce_; observe, however, that the waste is there all the same. Now let us look at this kind of war a little closer, run through some of the forms of it, that we may see how the “burn, sink, and destroy” is carried on in it. TS SHORTER NAME OF WAR IF THEY WISHED TO BE HONEST AND YOU WOULD THEN BE FREE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NO WAR STIMULATES PROGRESS OTHERWISE THAN AS A MAD BULL CHASING YOU OVER YOUR OWN GARDEN MAY DO WAR OR COMPETITION WHICHEVER YOU PLEASE TO CALL IT MEANS AT THE BEST PURSUING YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE AT THE COST OF SOME ONE ELSE'S LOSS AND IN THE PROCESS OF IT YOU MUST NOT BE SPARING OF DESTRUCTION EVEN OF YOUR OWN POSSESSIONS OR YOU WILL CERTAINLY COME BY THE WORSE IN THE STRUGGLE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY AS TO THE KIND OF WAR IN WHICH PEOPLE GO OUT TO KILL AND BE KILLED THAT SORT OF WAR IN WHICH SHIPS ARE COMMISSIONED FOR INSTANCE TO SINK BURN AND DESTROY BUT IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE NOT SO CONSCIOUS OF THIS WASTE OF GOODS WHEN YOU ARE ONLY CARRYING ON THAT OTHER WAR CALLED COMMERCE OBSERVE HOWEVER THAT THE WASTE IS THERE ALL THE SAME NOW LET US LOOK AT THIS KIND OF WAR A LITTLE CLOSER RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE FORMS OF IT THAT WE MAY SEE HOW THE BURNED SINK AND DESTROY IS CARRIED ON IN IT
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