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290 duties to each other, and deeper than that, of their duties to mankind and to humanity.

(To D. A. R., Washington, D. C., October 11, 1915)

FRIENDSHIP BREEDS PEACE

America is at peace because she entertains a real friendship for all the nations of the world. It is not, as some have mistakenly supposed, a peace based upon self-interest. It is a peace based upon some of the most generous sentiments that characterize the heart. Our peace is not based upon the mere convenience of our national life. For great issues which it is our honorable obligation to defend we would plunge into any trouble necessary in order to defend our honor and our integrity—the honor and integrity of our nation.

(At St. Louis, February 3, 1916)

UNIVERSAL PEACE MOVEMENT

A great deal of the (universal) peace movement appears to be due to sentiment. Patriotism expresses itself in sentiment, but fundamentally it is what a man will sacrifice for public sentiment. When peace is conducted with an element of self-sacrifice we will not need peace societies. The peace movement should not be so much a