Mark Twain's The War-Prayer Literature Essay
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The point in this short story is simple: that to desire victory for one's self is to desire defeat and destruction for the other (Lock, 2009). One cannot miss how the silent prayer for victory is pleaded unto “ Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend” (Twain, 1998, p.366), and that it is done so “in the spirit of love” (Twain, 1998, p.366).