under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.

战争是一件丑陋的事情，但不是最丑陋的事情：道德和爱国情感的腐化和堕落状态认为没有什么事情值得一场战争，这要糟糕得多。