Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Pages From an Old Volume of Life: A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881
We all know what the war fever is in our young men, what a devouring passion it becomes in those whom it assails. Patriotism is the fire Of it, no doubt, but this is fed with fuel Of all sorts. The love Of ad venture, the contagion Of example, the fear of losing the chance Of participating in the great events Of the time, the desire Of personal distinction, all help to produce those singular transformations which we Often witness, turning the most peaceful Of our youth into the most ardent of our soldiers. But something of the same fever in a different form reaches a good many non-combatants, who have no thought Of losing a drop Of precious blood belonging to themselves or their families. Some Of the symptoms we shall mention are almost universal; they are as plain in the people we meet everywhere as the marks Of an in?uenza, when that is prevailing.
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