To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they
will fight over word, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they
dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite
directions. To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an
arrogant angle, is a deep delight to the blood. To fight for a reason and
in a calculating spirit is something your true warrior despises.
-- George Santayana (1863-1952) "The Life of Reason" (1905-1906)
