PEASANT. If there were no oath, there would be no soldiers.
TRAVELLER. Well, and what good are the soldiers?
PEASANT. What good?... But supposing other Tsars were to come and attack our Tsar ... what then?
TRAVELLER. If the Tsars quarrel, let them fight it out themselves.
PEASANT. Come! How could that be possible?
TRAVELLER. It's very simple. He that believes in God, no matter what you may tell him, will never kill a man.
PEASANT. Then why did the priest read out in church that war was declared, and the Reserves were to be ready?
TRAVELLER. I know nothing about that; but I know that in the Commandments, in the Sixth, it says quite plainly: "Thou shalt do no murder." You see, it is forbidden for a man to kill a man.
PEASANT. That means, at home! At the wars, how could you help it? They're enemies!
TRAVELLER. According to Christ's Gospel, there is no such thing as an enemy. You are told to love everybody.