I Further Value This Gift As It

It Is Idle To Say That Nations Can Struggle To Outdo Each Other In Building Armaments And Never Use Them. History Demonstrates The Contrary, And We Have But To Go Back To The Last War To See The Appalling Effect Of Nations Competing In Great Armaments.

I Have Often Heard It Said That The United States Is Isolated And Is Not Interested In European Affairs. I Assure You That This Is Not The Case.

It Is By Such Means As The Prize Offered By Your Committee That The Attention Of The World Will Be Focused And That Men And Women Will Be Inspired To Greater Efforts In The Interest Of Peace.

I Know Of No Greater Work For Humanity Than In The Cause Of Peace, Which Can Only Be Achieved By The Earnest Efforts Of Nations And Peoples.

There Are But Few Naval Powers, But There Are Many Land Powers.