The Days of a Man 1909 



My service as chief director lasted for two years, 

 Mead taking over the work when I went to Japan in 

 1911. With the onset of the Great War, a majority 

 of the trustees discouraged the former type of activi- 

 ties, and no directors' meeting has been called since 

 November, 1914. In 1915, in view of Mead's serious 

 and unfortunately permanent breakdown, Dr. Cum- 

 mings succeeded him as secretary. During this period 

 pohcy a considerable part of the Foundation's income has 

 been devoted to the distribution of informative docu- 

 ments and promotion of the League to Enforce Peace, 

 established in Philadelphia in 1915 under the chair- 

 manship of Mr. Taft. 



From 1909 to 1914 I gave numerous addresses in 

 different cities East and West, and in various univer- 

 sities, under the auspices of the World Peace Founda- 

 tion and in the interest of international conciliation. 1 

 My general conclusion was embodied in the words of 

 Franklin, "Wars are not paid for in war-time; the 

 Last cost bill comes later." In defining the "last cost of war," 

 I dwelt especially on its inevitable biological effects 

 the destruction of the most virile elements and 

 on the need of international understanding in place 

 of the perilous rivalries leading to constantly in- 

 creasing armaments and the growth of suspicion, fear, 

 and hate. For it was plain that while the people of 

 every country generally abhorred war, their pacifism 

 was often only skin deep, overlying international 

 hatreds and dominated by false patriotism which 

 regards all other nations as potential enemies. In the 



1 One of these talks was given in the great Mormon Tabernacle. This seats 

 upwards of 12,000, and its acoustics are better than those of any other large 

 hall in the world, its only rival in this regard being the Greek Theatre of the 

 University of California. 



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