看过摩罗的《当代知识分子的教育背景》(《文艺争鸣》2 0 0 1年 2期 )一文后 ,我记起 1914年发生的一段往事 ,地点在德国。当时她的作家们以能够美化战争、鼓动群众作为自身最大的贡献 ;绝大多数知识分子也把战争当作一次“洗礼” ,觉得它能荡涤人们的精神“污垢” ,为祖国永恒 After reading Moro’s “Education Background for Contemporary Intellectuals” (“Literary Contention” 2001-02), I remembered a passage that took place in 1914 in Germany. At that time, her writers were able to beautify the war and encourage the masses as their own greatest contribution. Most of the intellectuals also regarded the war as a “baptism” and felt that it could cleanse people’s spiritual “dirt” for the eternal life of the motherland