G.K. Chesterton: In modern war defeat is complete defeat
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
G.K. Chesterton
From The Ball and the Cross (1906)
“I have brought you here,” he answered, “to take part in the last war of the world!”
“The last war!” repeated Turnbull, even in his dazed state a little touchy about such a dogma; “How do you know it will be the last?”