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lie represented here, when I say that the might'of this country will never 

 be exercised in a spirit of greed to wrest from a neighboring State its 

 territory or possessions. The ambitions of this Republic do not lie in 

 the path of conquest but in the paths of peace and justice. Whenever 

 and wherever we can we will stretch forth a hand to thosp who need help. 

 If the sovereignty of a sister Republic is menaced from overseas, the power 

 of the United States and, I hope and believe, the united power of the 

 American Republics will constitute a bulwark which will protect the 

 independence and integrity of their neighbor from unjust invasion or 

 aggression. The American family of nations might well take for its motto 

 that of Dumas' famous musketeers, "One for all; all for one." 



If I have correctly interpreted Pan Americanism from the standpoint 

 of the relations of our Governments with those beyond the seas, it is in 

 entire harmony with the Monroe doctrine. The Monroe doctrine is a 

 national policy of the United States ; Pan Americanism is an international 

 policy of the Americas. The motives are to an extent different, the ends 

 sought are the same. Both can exist without impairing the force of 

 either. And both do exist and, I trust, will ever exist in all their vigor. 



But Pan Americanism extends beyond the sphere of politics and finds 

 its application in the varied fields of human enterprise. Bearing in 

 mind that the essential idea manifests itself in cooperation, it becomes 

 necessary for effective cooperation that we should know each other better 

 than we do now. We must not only be neighbors, but friends ; not only 

 friends, but intimates. We must understand one another. We must 

 comprehend our several needs. We must study the phases of material 

 and intellectual development which enter into the varied problems of 

 national progress. We should, therefore, when opportunity offers, come 

 together and familiarize ourselves with each other's processes of thought 

 in dealing with legal, economic, and educational questions. 



Commerce and industry, science and art, public and private law, govern- 

 ment and education, all those great fields which invite the intellectual 

 thought of man, fall within the province of the deliberations of this con- 

 gress. In the exchange of ideas and comparison of experiences we will 

 come to know one another and to carry to the nations which we represent 

 a better and truer knowledge of our neighbors than we have had in the 

 past. I believe that from that wider knowledge a mutual esteem and 

 trust will spring which will unite these Republics more closely politically, 

 commercially, and intellectually, and will give to the Pan American 

 spirit an impulse and power which it has never known before. 



The present epoch is one which must bring home to every thinking 

 American the wonderful benefits to be gained by trusting our neighbors 



