The refusal prevents such degradation of a noble reform to an ignoble end as would make arbitration the refuge, not of those who wish to avoid war, but only of those who have preferred war and been beaten at it.
Reid believes that refusing arbitration after a war would undermine its purpose and encourage war.
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