The Blood of the Nation 



only when all other arts of self-defence 

 shall fail. The remedy for most ills of 

 men is not to be sought in " whirlwinds 

 of rebellion that shake the world/' but 

 in peace and justice, equality among 

 men, and the cultivation of those virt- 

 ues we call Christian, because they 

 have been virtues ever since man and 

 society began, and will be virtues still 

 when the era of strife is past and the 

 " redcoat bully in his boots " no longer 

 " hides the march of man from us." 



It is the voice of political wisdom 

 which falls from the bells of Christmas- 

 tide: "Peace on earth, good will 

 towards men ! " 



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