The Days of a Man 



felt by insurance men in the subject of peace. It was 

 also stated that their congress would continue for 

 some days afterward. 



Energetic I was now asked to act as chairman of the meeting, 

 and Mr. Garner Curran, a special secretary brought 

 in as promoter to secure publicity, issued a circular 

 in the name of the Insurance Congress. Under in- 

 structions, therefore, I invited a number of speakers; 

 nevertheless, because no provision for personal ex- 

 penses had been made, I refrained from asking 

 any one who was not to be in the vicinity at the 

 time. 



Darwin P. Kingsley, president of the New York 

 Life, accepted my invitation, but being called away 

 before the day set, gave his address as part of the 

 regular insurance program. This was an admirable 

 discussion of the need of federation among civilized 

 states, and urged especially the adoption of inter- 

 changeable citizenship as a remedy for perverted 

 nationalism and congested patriotism. 



I myself had been asked by the local management 

 to prepare two papers, one (as chairman) on war 

 and business, the other on governmental obstacles 

 to insurance, with particular reference to the paternal 

 policy of enforced insurance and pension extracted 

 by the German government from each man's earn- 

 ings. They even went so far as to offer to print a 

 large edition of the second paper for distribution in 

 insurance circles along with one on "Insurance 

 against War," also especially written by Josiah 

 Royce, the distinguished Harvard philosopher. 



In the beginning we were given positively to 

 understand that the whole insurance system and 

 "high finance" behind it were in favor of peace. 

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