NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Will have an ideal that will make the killing worth the while?
1) Does "who do not come into the new needs of efficiency" mean "who do not satisfy the new needs of working efficiently"?
2) Does "and I take it they will have to go" mean "and I think that they will have to leave"?
3) Does "will have an ideal that will make the killing worth the while" mean "will have a 'perfect idea' that will take killing weak people as a normal and acceptable behavior"?
Context:
Go back another four decades, and the changing standards
become unmistakeable. In a previous book I quoted H. G. Wells's
Utopian New Republic, and I shall do so again because it is such a
shocking illustration of the point I am making.
And how will the New Republic treat the inferior races?
How will it deal with the black? . . . the yellow man? . . .
the Jew? . . . those swarms of black, and brown, and dirty-
white, and yellow people, who do not come into the new
needs of efficiency? Well, the world is a world, and not a
charitable institution, and I take it they will have to go ...
And the ethical system of these men of the New Republic,
the ethical system which will dominate the world state,
will be shaped primarily to favour the procreation of what
is fine and efficient and beautiful in humanity - beautiful
and strong bodies, clear and powerful minds . . . And the
method that nature has followed hitherto in the shaping
of the world, whereby weakness was prevented from
propagating weakness ... is death . . . The men of the
New Republic . . . will have an ideal that will make
the killing worth the while.
2) Does "and I take it they will have to go" mean "and I think that they will have to leave"?
3) Does "will have an ideal that will make the killing worth the while" mean "will have a 'perfect idea' that will take killing weak people as a normal and acceptable behavior"?
Context:
Go back another four decades, and the changing standards
become unmistakeable. In a previous book I quoted H. G. Wells's
Utopian New Republic, and I shall do so again because it is such a
shocking illustration of the point I am making.
And how will the New Republic treat the inferior races?
How will it deal with the black? . . . the yellow man? . . .
the Jew? . . . those swarms of black, and brown, and dirty-
white, and yellow people, who do not come into the new
needs of efficiency? Well, the world is a world, and not a
charitable institution, and I take it they will have to go ...
And the ethical system of these men of the New Republic,
the ethical system which will dominate the world state,
will be shaped primarily to favour the procreation of what
is fine and efficient and beautiful in humanity - beautiful
and strong bodies, clear and powerful minds . . . And the
method that nature has followed hitherto in the shaping
of the world, whereby weakness was prevented from
propagating weakness ... is death . . . The men of the
New Republic . . . will have an ideal that will make
the killing worth the while.
Top answer
1) Yes, it appears to mean something like "do not satisfy the needs of the new efficient society", though it does not seem very clearly phrased to me. 2) Yes, or, judging by what comes later, perhaps something stronger than "leave", more like "be eliminated". 3) It means that the ideal (the "perfect idea") will justify the killing.
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1) Yes, it appears to mean something like "do not satisfy the needs of the new efficient society", though it does not seem very clearly phrased to me.
2) Yes, or, judging by what comes later, perhaps something stronger than "leave", more like "be eliminated".
3) It means that the ideal (the "perfect idea") will justify the killing.
2) Yes, or, judging by what comes later, perhaps something stronger than "leave", more like "be eliminated".
3) It means that the ideal (the "perfect idea") will justify the killing.
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NL8881) Does "who do not come into the new needs of efficiency"Who cannot adapt to "civilized" ideals of conduct and "moral" behavior.
NL8882) Does "and I take it they will have to go" mean "and I think that they will have to leave"?They need to be exterminated.
NL8883) Does "will have an ideal that
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