How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance.
Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only survived against great odds by organising ourselves into groups which would have had a common purpose, giving morale and fortitude.
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