We remember the old saying:

_Si vis pacem, para bellum._ If you wish peace, prepare for war.

The times call for a paraphrase:

_Si vis vitam, para mortem._ If you wish life, prepare for death.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Compare Heine's poem, "Der Asra," Louis Untermeyer's translation, p.

269, Henry Holt & Co., 1917.

[2] Totem and Taboo, translated by Dr. A. A. Brill, Moffat, Yard & Co., 1918.

[3] Totem and Taboo, Chapter IV.

[4] Totem and Taboo, Chapter IV.

[5] See Totem and Taboo, Chapter III.