Excerpt from State Morality and a League of Nations Here are the two conflicting theories that have been set forth in these pages, and their interest is not merely academic, for if the first theory be incorrect, then we shall waste much time and incur much disappointment in trying to obtain from state action what a state is not calculated to produce. According to the second theory, we shall trust in political action only up to a certain point we shall not confide in it for the full accomplishment of human ideals we shall allow for state egotism so long as states exist, and shall regard universal brotherhood as a human rather than a political ideal. Politicians will only achieve What man kind in general Will and desire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.