Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms would wish to be?
Many of us have either read or learned by heart these stirring lines from Wordsworth's poem, "Character of the Happy Warrior." The title, however, presents a paradox, for it seems to be a contradiction in terms. Has enduring happiness ever been found in human conflict?
Viewed from a merely human standpoint, it is manifestly impossible to associate happiness with human warfare. Has not the whole world found through six devastating years of conflict that such warfare brings not happiness, but incalculable misery, want, and suffering? How then can one link happiness with warfare!
