On the other hand, Woman's dislike of militarism is an instinct.
Life—for Woman—is not a seed which can be sown broadcast, to take root, or to perish, according to chance. For Woman, life is an individual charge; therefore, for Woman, the preservation of life is of more importance than many other things.
By God and by Man, the care of life is given to Woman, before and after birth. With all her being, Woman—primitive Woman—has defended that life as an individual concrete life; and with all her being, Woman—modern Woman—must now, in an enlarged sphere, defend the abstract life of humankind.
Therefore, it is good that Woman shall put aside her qualms, and go forth and see for herself the dangers that threaten life.
Therefore it is good that Woman shall record, as Woman, and not as neuter, the things which she has felt, and seen, during an experience of militarism at first hand.
GUIDE FOR READERS
This book is in five parts.
Part I. deals with preliminaries and military hospital work in Bulgaria, Belgium, France, and Serbia.