"A RICH MAN'S WAR"***


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FRENZIED LIBERTY

The Myth of “A Rich Man’S War”

by

OTTO H. KAHN







Extracts from Address Given at the University of Wisconsin,
Jan. 14, 1918

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                                Part One
                            Frenzied Liberty

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                            FRENZIED LIBERTY


We are engaged in a war, an “irrepressible conflict,” a most just and
righteous war for a cause as high and noble as ever inspired a people to
put forth its utmost of sacrifice and valor. To attain the end for which
this peace-loving nation unsheathed its sword, to lay low and make
powerless the accursed spirit which brought all this unspeakable misery,
sorrow and ruin upon the world, is our one and supreme and unshakeable
purpose.

That is the purpose of the people of Wisconsin as it is the purpose of
the people of New York and of every other State in the Union. I give no
credence to and have no patience with those who would measure as with a
thermometer the loyalty