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As Germany, beyond any other nation, has given to the idea of Organized Peace the warrant of philosophy, it only remains now that she should insist upon its practical application.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner calls on Germany to lead the practical application of the philosophy of Organized Peace.

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