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The Treaty of Washington, creditable to all who engaged in it, not to be judged by its details, but by its great effect in securing peace to the world, saved Great Britain from a war with us, in which it is not unlikely that the nations of Europe who hated her would have come to take part on our side.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar reflects on the significance of the Treaty of Washington in promoting global peace and preventing war.

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