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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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The Republican Party in its platform in 1916

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E.E. Cummings·1894–1962·surrealism
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3 Progressive Party in 1912 and in 1916 had like-wise, declared for an arrangement between na-tions to make peace permanent. The Democrat-ic Party in 1916 had specifically declared in favorof the establishment of a League of Nations.The Senate itself, on August 28th, 1916. byunanimous vote, passed a measure requesting thePresident to take the lead in such a world move-ment. (Applause) On December 18th, 1916, the President ad-dressed an identic note to the nations at war, re-questing them to state the terms upon whichthey would deem it possible to make peace. Inthis note, he proposed the creation of a Leagueof Nations, saying “In the measures to be taken to secure thefuture peace of the world, the people and gov-‘ernment of the United States are as vitally anddirectly interested as the governments now atwar. * * * They stand ready and eveneager to co-operate in the accomplishment ofthese ends when the war is over with every in-fluence and resource at their command.”(Applause)
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