human
You are the Potter Waite who has done something in the flying way, are you not?
gpt
A little.
human
I wish, said the major, enthusiasm fighting in his eyes,
gpt
There are people around this town, Potter said, laughingly,
human
I should be obliged, Mr. Waite, he said,
gpt
Mr. Waite, said the major,
human
Yes,
gpt
You have been disappointed in us, is that it? You thought the country would flare into righteous rage over the _Lusitania_ and go knight-erranting? Is that it?
human
Didn't you?
gpt
I am not permitted to express opinions, said the major, simply.
human
You wanted immediate war because you are young and easily moved. Perhaps because you have not thought deeply what war means. I take it you are impulsive.... Have you asked yourself _why_ you want war? Was it mere resentment? That isn't an excuse for war. Was it the adventure of it? Or was it possibly something bigger and deeper? What do you think of the United States, anyhow?