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To conquer and subject

All peoples who respect

The Holy Vow man struggles to fulfil.

For man has dreamed a dream and sealed a Vow,

Yea, man has sealed a Vow before the Lord

Of Righteousness and Peace:

He has sworn that war shall cease

And the reign of Reason triumph o'er the Sword!

He has sealed a Holy Vow that privilege

Shall perish from an Earth where all are free;

That his children shall not fight,

As he must, the Huns of Night,

But be brothers in the Light of Liberty.

God save us from all traitors to that Dream;

God shield us from all traitors to that Vow!