The academy of moral science, in the person of its president, Bergson, declares the struggle undertaken against Germany to be "_the struggle of civilization itself against barbarism_." German history replies with the voice of Karl Lamprecht that "_this is a war between Germanism and barbarism and the present conflict is the logical successor of those against the Huns and Turks in which Germany has been engaged throughout the ages._" Science, following history into the lists, proclaims through E. Perrier, director of the Museum, member of the Academy of Sciences, that the Prussians do not belong to the Aryan race, but are descended in direct line from the men of the Stone Age called Allophyles, and adds, "_the modern skull, resembling by its base, the best index of the strength of the appetites, the skull of the fossilized man in the Chapelle-aux-Saints most nearly, is none other than that of Prince Bismarck!_" But the two moral forces whose weakness this contagious war shows up most clearly are Christianity and Socialism. These rival apostles of religious and secular internationalism have suddenly developed into the most ardent of nationalists. Hervé is eager to die for the standard of Austerlitz. The German socialists, pure trustees of the pure doctrine, support this bill of credit for the war in the Reichstag. They place themselves at the disposal of the Prussian minister, who uses their journals to spread abroad his lies, even into the barracks, and sends them as secret agents to attempt to pervert Italy. It was believed for the honor of their cause for a moment that two or three of them had been shot rather than take arms against their brothers. Indignant, they protest; they are all marching under arms! Liebknecht, forsooth, did not die for the cause of socialism;[12] but Frank, the principal champion of the Franco-German union, fell under French fire, fighting in the cause of militarism. These men have courage to die for the faith of others; they have no courage to die for their own. As for the representatives of the Prince of Peace--priests, pastors, bishops--they go into battle in their thousands, to carry out, musket in hand, the Divine commands: _Thou shalt not kill_, and _Love one another_. Each bulletin of victory, whether it be German, Austrian, or Russian, gives thanks to the great captain God--_unser alter Gott, notre Dieu_--as William II or M. Arthur Meyer says. For each has his own God, and each God, whether old or young, has his Levites to defend him and destroy the God of the others.