VII
The Reckoning
I have spoken of Jews and gentiles—in mass. Certain of you will assuredly object: "You cannot deal with masses as with men. 'You cannot indict a nation.' "
The objection is futile—not only has it been the universal practice to indict and to punish masses as if they had personality and to treat nations as such: but you are doing it to-day, everywhere. And I believe that fundamentally, the practice is just, despite the objections of the few whom I shall answer here. Particularly consonant is the practice with your gentile philosophy. Here is your nation: X. It is composed of militarists and pacifists and mobs. The government is militaristic—whether it represent a minority or a majority. And the militaristic government
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