Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.

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We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than...

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than...

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further...

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further...

A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political...

A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political...

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme...

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme...

But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the...

But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the...

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable...

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable...

This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set...

This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set...

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French...

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French...

Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what...

Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what...

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should...

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should...

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even...

I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even...

Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration,...

Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration,...

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and...

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and...

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those...

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those...

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented,...

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented,...

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts,...

By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts,...

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international...

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international...

I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the...

I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the...