The War Prayer by Mark Twain It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and … Continue reading
“We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one that we preach, but do not practice, and another that we practice, but seldom preach.” – Bertrand Russell Quite often, morality, to borrow from the familiar phrase, is in the eye of the beholder. That is to say, when something seems moral … Continue reading