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 in ser- ried ranks and are impressed with the impact of their force and the great feats it may accomplish. But we are too apt to forget the individual des- tiny carried in every breast, the human feeling in every heart, among all the millions that make up this engine of power and destruction. Human welfare rather than human power has not yet been made the constant and overshadowing aim of diplomacy. That will be done only when the people themselves demand that international af- fairs shall be dealt with in a different spirit and with other methods. Then we shall have policies that can be avowed and understood by the people who bear the burden and who pay the bill.

The questions which we have been considering are not distinct and isolated but are bound up with all that goes toward a more adequate organ- ization of modern society. Even in the indus- tries, men are no longer satisfied with a narrowly centralized control. They call for information and accountability, they claim a share in man- agement, at least of an advisory or consultative nature. All who contribute in bearing the risks of industry demand to be kept informed of the policies and actions of the management. In ever extending circles men share in the responsibility for action taken in their name. It is a truism