War is the Enemy

This pamphlet is an attempt to state the underlying philosophy of those persons who in the face of the present world situation hold to the way of nonviolence; its purpose is explanation and clarification rather than argument. It is a prerequisite of any fruitful thought and discussion in such a crisis as the present that we should think of each other, pacifists and non-pacifists, as fellow-searchers for truth, not as intellectual adversaries. In each of the diverse positions which men hold there will be something that is valid, that represents an effort to respond to the situation, a fidelity to the truth as they see it. Recognizing this fact is a way of achieving at-one-ment with our fellows.