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Despite My Being An Old Gypsy There Is A Tendency To Respectability Inherent In Old Age.

May The Conscience And The Common Sense Of The Peoples Be Awakened, So That We May Reach A New Stage In The Life Of Nations, Where People Will Look Back On War As An Incomprehensible Aberration Of Their Forefathers!

I Feel That You Are Justified In Looking Into The Future With True Assurance, Because You Have A Mode Of Living In Which We Find The Joy Of Life And The Joy Of Work Harmoniously Combined. Added To This Is The Spirit Of Ambition Which Pervades Your Very Being, And Seems To Make The Day's Work Like A Happy Child At Play.

It Seems To Me An Utterly Futile Task To Prescribe Rules And Limitations For The Conduct Of War. War Is Not A Game; Hence One Cannot Wage War By Rules As One Would In Playing Games. Our Fight Must Be Against War Itself. The Masses Of People Can Most Effectively Fight The Institution Of War By Establishing An Organization For The Absolute Refusal Of Military Service.

What The Individual Can Do Is To Give A Fine Example, And To Have The Courage To Uphold Ethical Values .. In A Society Of Cynics.