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room for statesmen who will do better, who will prefer Arbitration 

 to war, and who will do their very utmost to secure the priceless 

 blessings of peace to the nations of the world. 

 In the language of Cowper, we may truly say, 



" But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise. 

 Kings would not play at. Nations would do well 

 T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands 

 Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds 

 Are gratified with mischief ; and who spoil. 

 Because men suffer it, their toy the world." 



