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justice. Whenever and wherever we can we will stretch 

 forth a hand to those 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 coop- 

 eration 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 



