| The Basis of Durable Peace Contributor(s): Butler, Nicholas Murray (Author), Cosmos (Author) |
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ISBN: 0217290167 ISBN-13: 9780217290166 Publisher: General Books OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.18 lbs) 36 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1917. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... shall not be outraged. That of itself will help to keep the spirit of justice alive in the world and go far toward bringing nearer the day of peace. Hall Caine. ii cosmos to hall caine November 27, 1916. To Hall Caine: By the courtesy of The New York Times I am able to make immediate reply to your cabled letter dated November 25. You have quite misunderstood the purpose of my discussions. This misunderstanding is doubtless due to the imperfect or partial form in which they have reached you. It may be due in part to the fact that, at the moment of their publication, there were made both in this country and elsewhere a number of expressions of opinion regarding the termination of the war with which my discussions may have been quite unjustifiably associated. The misunderstanding may be due in part to the caption under which they were printed. I make no plea for immediate peace. On the contrary, I entirely dissociate myself from those persons and those movements which would urge, on humanitarian grounds, an immediate peace, even at the cost of the great objects of the war. Until those objects are gained and, having been gained, are secured for the future, this war cannot end in anything that would deserve the name of peace. Under such circumstances the result would be at best a new era of competitive armaments and a new and desperate struggle, by the use of every means known to man, to gain a position of advantage from which to carry on another and equally terrible contest. The starting-point of my discussions, assuming the certain defeat of Germany and her allies, is the belief that the time has come to consider whether the war may not be ended in the not distant future by an international agreement in which the United States shall participate. With a view to secu... |
