We remember the old saying:
_Si vis pacem, para bellum._ If you wish peace, prepare for war.
The times call for a paraphrase:
_Si vis vitam, para mortem._ If you wish life, prepare for death.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Compare Heine"s poem, "Der Asra," Louis Untermeyer"s translation, p.
269, Henry Holt & Co., 1917.
[2] Totem and Taboo, translated by Dr. A. A. Brill, Moffat, Yard & Co., 1918.
[3] Totem and Taboo, Chapter IV.
[4] Totem and Taboo, Chapter IV.
[5] See Totem and Taboo, Chapter III.