Thoughts of a psychiatrist on the war and after / by William A. White.
- William Alanson White
- Date:
- 1919
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Thoughts of a psychiatrist on the war and after / by William A. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ordinated action for the common good of all. In the life of individuals it often hap¬ pens that a great misfortune is the turning point in their careers and, biavely met, may turn out to have been a great beneficence. Unfortunately misfortune does not always result in this way. Wars in the past have often produced only suf¬ fering, but such an end may not be the only possible one. Has the time come when the greatest of all national calamities can be made the greatest of all national op¬ portunities? Is there a developed, con¬ structive statesmanship equal to turning the tide towards the great constructive possibilities? The Allied nations are in a position to answer these questions. They stand on the threshold of the greatest of all opportunities. [137]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29817432_0153.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
