human
But surely you can see that it's no good trying to separate fighting dogs when once they've got to work? That's why George brought his paper to an end. You've got to wait for a decision of some kind.
gpt
We reached a decision when the Germans were checked at the Marne,
human
But that's over and done with. Any peace efforts now only have the effect of weakening our own endurance and making a German victory the one possible decision.
gpt
But you know as well as I do that there's going to be no military decision. If they couldn't break through our line, we can't break through theirs, and I want to stop this hideous slaughter on both sides. I want to make people see that they must get Wilson or the Pope to propose terms of arbitration. The pupils of his eyes suddenly dilated.
human
And that's what I shall go on saying. I'm not going to be persuaded by you, I can't be intimidated by the militarists, and I won't share your responsibility for future bloodshed, I won't join in this criminal nonsense about crushing Prussian militarism--humiliating Germany until you've made sure of another war in ten years' time. I think I've told you what the next war will be like.