ht and proper that peoples among whom, diametrically
opposed to the most desirable human behavior, such horrors take place,
should dare lay claim to a real and adequate civilization? Especially when
out of all this no results can be hoped for except the winning of a
transient victory; and since this outcome never endures, it is, to the
wise, not worth the effort.

Time and again down the centuries, the German state has subdued the
French; over and over, the kingdom of France has governed German land. Is
it permissible that in our day 600,000 helpless creatures should be
offered up as a sacrifice to such nominal and temporary uses and results?
No, by the Lord God! Even a child can see the evil of it. Yet the pursuit
of passion and desire will wrap the eyes in a thousand veils that rise out
of the heart to blind the sight and the insight as well.

Desire and self come in the door
And blot out virtue, bright before,
And a hundred veils will rise
From the heart, to blind the eyes.

True civilization will unfurl its banner in the midmost heart of the world
whenever a certain number of its distinguished and high-minded
sovereigns--the shining exemplars of devotion and determination--shall, for
the good and happiness of all mankind, arise, with firm resolve and clear
vision, to establish the Cause of Universal Peace. They must make the
Cause of Peace the object of general consultation, and seek by every means
in their power to establish a Union of the nations of the world. They must
conclude a binding treaty and establish a covenant, the provisions of
which shall be sound, inviolable and definite. They must proclaim it to
all the world and obtain for it the sanction of all the human race. This
supreme and noble undertaking--the real source of the peace and well-being
of all the world--should be regarded as sacred by all that dwell on earth.
All the forces of humanity must be mobilized to ensure the stability and
permanence of this Most Great Covenant. In this all-embracing Pact the
limits and frontiers of each and every nation should be clearly fixed, the
principles underlying the relations of governments towards one another
definitely laid down, and all international agreements and obligations
ascertained. In like manner, the size of the armaments of every government
should be strictly limited, for if the preparations for war and the
military forces of any nation should be allowed to increase, they will
arouse the suspicio