Berserker

Different men will find different ways of praising life, of calling it good.

Even I, who by my nature cannot fight or destroy, can see intellectually this truth: In a war against death, it is by fighting and destroying the enemy that the value of life is affirmed.

In such a war, no living fighter need concern himself with pity for his enemy; this one twisted pain, at least, no one need feel.

But in any war the vital effect of pacifism is not on the foe, but on the pacifist.

I touched a peace-loving mind, very hungry for life . . .