The really bad thing here is the silly wave that has gone over the public mind-protection humbug, silver, jingoism, etc.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
What interests us, however, specially, at the moment of writing, is the lamentable, yet undeniable, fact that German Social Democracy has, on this occasion, disastrously failed to prevent the outbreak of war, notwithstanding the vigour of its efforts to do so during the last week of July; and still more that it has failed up to date to stem the rising flood of militarism and jingoism in the German people.
"German Culture Past and Present"
Ernest Belfort Bax
Such schemes having failed, Napoleon tried next to satisfy French jingoism by the acquisition of the Duchy of Luxembourg.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright