From ‘The Pacificist Vision’, The Spectator, 24 July 1915:
It must not be supposed that the majority of Americans are pacificists, but there are enough pacificists to force a strong tide of feeling through the country. In the West an advanced pacificisin—what seems to us, when we reflect on the probable results, a hopelessly unthinking pacificism—is very popular. As an illustration of this present wave of pacificism we must refer to an article by Mr. Sydney Brooks, a student of American affairs, which was published in the Daily Mail on Monday. Mr. Brooks says:—
“A friend of mine who has lately returned from a visit to America tells me that wherever he travelled he heard the Song of the Pacifist. It runs as follows:—
I didn’t raise my son to be a soldier,
I brought him up to be my pride and joy.
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