Psychopathology and politicsLasswell, Harold D. (Harold Dwight)
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Psychopathology and politics
Lasswell, Harold D. (Harold Dwight)
Personality and politics; Political science; Psychoanalysis; Psychology, Pathological
3rd, Ignore all man-made plans for peace, such as World
Federations, Hague Tribunals, World Leagues, World Courts and
all forms of _Human_ world-governments, which the Bible provides
against!
4th, Refrain absolutely from everything that has the slightest
tinge of world-alliance, world-control, or world-domination
influence or world concert of civil action, the human
instrumentalities that Holy Writ severely prohibits.
5th, Especially for the United States. Refrain absolutely from
everything that contravenes our U. S. Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence! (And every nation should alike protect
their Constitution!)
When thru centuries of trial the world failed to keep _the
Covenant_ written at Sinai by the Hand of Almighty God Himself and
_He_ promised that _He_ would give the world “A New Covenant” for
peace, which _He_ did, then how can the world, except anything
whatsoever from _The League of Nation’s Covenant_ written at Paris
by the mortal hands of just mere men like Wilson, Lloyd George,
Clemenceau & Co.?
After serving in the army as a young man, F joined the secret service,
and spent several years in pursuit of the enemies of law and order.
His record was excellent, and when the World War came he was put
in charge of secret military police. He became overzealous in the
performance of his duties, spending an altogether disproportionate
amount of time investigating two Mennonite ministers who were alleged
to have letters in their possession written in German criticizing the
Liberty Loan. He claimed to have found ground glass in the bread served
to men in camp. When the laboratory did not confirm his findings, he
said that he mixed ground glass with flour and submitted a sample to
the laboratory, which reported no ground glass, thus confirming his
suspicions that the laboratory staff was composed of aliens--a German,
an Austrian, and a Turk. He began to make direct accusations that some
of the camp officers were in league with the enemy. One of them he
accused of using a German private in his office for translation work,
and intrusting him with a key to the iron safe where the United States
secret codes were kept. Presently F was referred to a psychiatrist
for examination, to whom he complained that he was the victim of a
persecution by a little clique of officers. He managed to publish an
interview in the press asserting that ground glass in the food had
made fifty men ill at a certain training camp, and this led to much
unnecessary anxiety among the folks at home.
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