18 ESSAYS IN PERSUASION parti

possible, even if it enriched ourselves, even if itdid not sow the decay of the whole civilised lifeof Europe. Some preach it in the name ofJustice. In the great events of man’s history,in the unwinding of the complex fates ofnations Justice is not so simple. And if itwere, nations are not authorised, by religion orby natural morals, to visit on the children oftheir enemies the misdoings of parents or ofrulers.