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message is heard in louder and ever louder tones across the 

 Atlantic, it will end by being the policy of the world. It will 

 take the place of the fury of war denunciation, of the threats of 

 annihilation and of the ravings of revenge of which we are all 

 so weary here. 



Such acquiescence as there is in continued hostilities is due 

 directly to fear. Every nation believes that its enemies were the 

 aggressors and may make war again in a few years unless they 

 are utterly defeated. . . . 



Above all, I see that none of the issues in the war are as 

 important as peace; that harm done by a peace which does not 

 concede all that we desire is as nothing in comparison to the 

 harm in Europe done by those who speak for what they falsely 

 believe to be the interests of their separate nations. I am com- 

 pelled by a profound conviction to speak for all the nations in 

 the name of Europe. In the name of Europe I appeal to you to 

 bring us peace. 



Once more at home, I turned my attention again 

 to the study of fishes, to which I had formally bidden 

 farewell in 1913, and as a contribution to the stability 

 of scientific nomenclature, I made a compilation — 

 Genera wlth data — of all the names applied to fish genera 

 oj fishes fj-Qj^ ^}^e beginning by Linnaeus In 1758 down to 1833. 

 This memoir having been published by the Univer- 

 sity, I then decided to go on with the series, which I 

 finally carried to 1920. The completed work, entitled 

 "The Genera of Fishes," enumerates 7800 names; of 

 these about three fifths are probably valid and 

 destined to endure, and (as elsewhere stated) about 

 1200 of the whole number have been given by me or 

 my students, Eigenmann especially. 

 ^^^^.^ During the summer of 19 17 I came upon a most 



fishes important ichthyologlcal discovery In southern Cali- 

 fornia — several groups of Miocene deposits con- 

 taining great numbers of fossil fishes. This matter was 

 brought to my attention by Dr. James Z. Gilbert, 



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