Hugh shouted, somewhat in the tone of a man kicking against the pricks:
"Not what I call nationality! It's got nothing to do with us."
"Ah, but it will have something to do with us! It isn't merely a European struggle; it's a universal one. Sooner or later you'll see mankind divided into just two camps."
Hugh warmed to the discussion.
"Even if we do, it still doesn't follow that we'll all be in your camp."
"That depends on whether we're among those driving forward or those kicking back. The American people has been in the first of these classes hitherto; it remains to be seen whether or not it's there still. But if it isn't as a nation I can tell you that some of us will be there as individuals."
Hugh's tone was one of horror.
"You mean that you'd go and fight?"
"That's about the size of it."
"Then you'd be a traitor to your country for getting her into trouble."