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The Meaning of the War 1 A free download from The Meaning of the War The Meaning of the War The Meaning of the War The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Meaning of the War, by Henri Bergson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: The Meaning of the War Life Matter in Conflict Author: Henri Bergson Commentator: H. Wildon Carr Release Date: November 20, 2005 [EBook #17111] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MEANING OF THE WAR *** The Meaning of the War 2 Produced by Thierry Alberto, Henry Craig, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE MEANING OF THE WAR LIFE MATTER IN CONFLICT BY HENRI BERGSON WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY H. WILDON CARR LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN LTD. ADELPHI TERRACE _English translation first published June 1915_ _Second impression, July 1915_ _Third impression, August 1915_ (_All rights reserved_) CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 LIFE AND MATTER AT WAR 15 THE FORCE WHICH WASTES AND THAT WHICH DOES NOT WASTE 41 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION This little volume contains the discourse delivered by M. Bergson as President of the _Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques_ at its annual public meeting on December 12, 1914. It is the address which preceded the announcement of the prizes and awards bestowed by the Academy. It is now issued in book form with the consent of the author, and his full appreciation of the object, to give it the widest circulation. Although it is brief, it is a m