ABSTRACT
Afterlamentingthatthe"largeandmany-sidedphilosophy"of whathecalls"thegreattime"haddegeneratedintoacreedof violenceandself-interestby"itspassageintothehandsofignorant andbiasedamateurs,soldiers,historians,politicians,"Bosanquet proceedstoadefenceoftheunitaryconceptionoftheState,against theattackthattheoristswerealreadybeginningtomakeuponit asinlargemeasureresponsibleforthewar.Basedasitis,inGreen's phrase,onWill,notonForce,theStateinourpresentstageof civilizationmaybesaidtobe"thearkinwhichthewholetreasure oftheindividualcitizen'sheadandheartispreservedandguarded withinaworldwhichmaybedisorderlyandhostile."Facedby similarwillsinothers,eachState"ultimatelyandfundamentallyis andmustbedeterminedbyitsownconceptionofitsownwelfare." Itisthisthatmakesthedifficultyinthewayofleaguesandfederationsinfavourofpeace,assuggestedbyKantandadvocatedby NormanAngell,seeingthatthesehavebehindthemasyetno spiritofsolidcommunitysuchaswehaveinindividualnations, andareapttohaveamerelydefactoexistence.Ontheotherhand, wehavetorememberthat"WarisafeatureofStatesnotassuch hutinsofarastheyfailtoheStates."Asthequarrelsomemanis onewhois"notwellorganizedinhisownmind,"sothequarrelsomeStateisonethatisincompletelyorganizedtosecuredevotion· tothehighestendswithinitsownboundaries.Letourpatriotism be"thedesireforourowncountryofthosesupremegoodswhich arenotdiminishedbysharing,"andwehave"aguaranteeofthe rightestimateofvaluesandthereforeofjusticeandreasonable organizationdealingwithwealthandpowerbothathomeand abroad.""Astheexpressionofthistemperofmind,butnotwithout it,leaguesofStatesfortheenforcementofpeacemightdogood service."Comingasthelastofthedistinguishedgroupwhichgave thisseriesoflectures,heendedbycallingonhishearers"toput asiderancourandvenom,andwitheagernesstorecognizethe
merits of our adversary and to renew all international bonds." Anything else he declared to be "dangerous in the extreme and politically absurd. Punishment and humiliation let us leave to consequences and to history."
