# International Thought

Author: Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66973

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=International+Thought+Galsworthy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

To those who, until 1914, believed in civil behaviour between man and man, the war and its ensuing peace brought disenchantment. Preoccupied with the humaner pursuits, and generally unfamiliar with the real struggle for existence, they were caught napping. The rest of mankind have experienced no particular astonishment――the doing-down of man by man was part of daily life, and when it was done collectively they felt no spiritual change. It was dreadful but――in a word――natural. This may not be a popular view of human life in the mass, but it is true. Average life is a long fight; this man’s success is that man’s failure; co-operation and justice are only the palliatives of a basic, and ruth...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/international-thought-66973/chapters/1/index.md)