The old tradition of Persia explains those quarrels between men, tribes, and so on; for instance, if the chiefs of two different tribes were struggling together, the stronger one became chief of the two tribes, yet as long as the feeling of brotherhood remained, it was a virtue in itself, and it was living. All that is moving is living, and that which is still is dead, and that which is dead is useless in life because it brings about death. In the great war we have gone through, there was a dead element; the patriotic spirit, so long as it was progressing it was a virtue, but when it ceased to expand itself then it became contrary to what brotherhood should be.