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Good men on both sides should desire its settlement, and in such way as most to promote good-will, and make the best precedent for civilization.
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He calls for a resolution that fosters goodwill and sets a positive precedent for future relations.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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