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At the risk of passing as a simpleton, I confess that I would never have believed it possible that Socialists -- even Social Democrats -- would applaud and voluntarily take part, either on the side of the Germans or on the Allies, in a war like the one that is at present devastating Europe. But what is there to say when the same is done by Anarchists -- not numerous, it is true, but having amongst them comrades whom we love and respect most?
It is said that the present situation shows the bankruptcy of "our formulas" -- i.e., of our principles -- and that it will be necessary to revise them.