... ‘‘primi-tive’’ level, a killer. And it is up to the laws of civilization to curb, tame, and repress that instinct to kill. But civilization and its forces, such aslegislation and public opinion, cannot, ... documents, and voluminous correspondence from soldiers, offi-cers, and newspaper correspondents. He collected material from eye-witnesses he met at the Langman Hospital and on his travels, and heused ... a dour fatalistic OldTestament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine allthese qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have themodern Boer – the most formidable...