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...power on earth could erect the standard of infallibility in political opinion; there is no being that would resort to it with more eagerness than myself, . . . . But as I have found no better guide hitherto, than upright intentions and close investigation, I shall adhere to those maxims...
...tempted to reply: "We are as ready, as we ever shall be." For the truth is, that the world has reached that stage in political development at which it is proper to consider and put into practice a more rational means of settling international disputes than by the accustomed resort to arms. To the intellectually timid this seems such a daring and impetuous leap from the secure confines of precedent, over the chasm of unfathomable disaster, to the safe but somewhat precarious region of a new and better international life, that they lose no opportunity to be-little its advantages...
...principle of predatory militarism cannot be done away unless mankind has the intelligence, the magnanimity and the determination so to organize itself that justice shall take the place of violence, and that the predatory state shall be restrained, by force if need boy from a wanton resort to arms. No one nation can do this, nor can it be done if the United States stands aloof. The time has come to take part in a League of Nations to maintain an enduring peace here and elsewhere. We must finish the work we have begun until the principle for which...
...taking of a life, even though it be in accordance with legal forms, should be carefully considered. In sentencing to death the state is following a policy which it can never revoke. Death remains the one unalterable decree. There are few times when this last resort need be brought into play. The protection of society demands that killing be the reward of those whom no other form of punishment can restrain from nefarious ways. Foremost in this class stand the spies within a nation at war. When that nation is forced to devote every energy in a conflict which threatens...
...have been trying to found a 1918 civilization. Even the growth of our manufacturing system has not kept pace with our demand for basic products. For a number of years the increasing demands of an increasing population have been met by a draft on our reserve supplies and resort to temporary and makeshift means of raising production. But at last we are brought face to face with the choice of accepting a permanent scaling down of the standard of living as the present system of production becomes more and more out-of-date, or of affecting a radical shaking...