pacifist but

Contrary to what is also sometimes said, Holst was not a pacifist but wanted to enlist as his friend Vaughan Williams did, but he was rejected as unfit: he suffered neuritis in his right arm — something that caused him to seek help from several amanuenses in scoring The Planets.

Previously, Stone had been in favor of opening diplomatic relations with Great Britain and not going to war, as he was not only a pacifist but a conservative reluctant to start a gruesome war.

He was not a pacifist but he did not support recruiting for the armed forces and he campaigned against conscription.

" Although a Christian he was no pacifist but expected the coming world war and was also a high officer in Swiss Army.