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For his own part, since he had been at the head of affairs, he could sincerely protest one wish had been at the bottom of all his policy, and the aim of all his labors,--and that was universal peace.
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Josiah Quincy expresses his commitment to the pursuit of universal peace as a guiding principle in his political endeavors.
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