University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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[HERE are, it may te, many montks or fiery trial and sacrifice abead of us. It IS a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into -war, into tne most territle and disastrous of all -wars, civilization itself seem- ing to be in the balance. • BuT the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things ■which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those -who submit to authority to have a voice in their o-» n Gov- ernments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free people as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. • TO such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that •we are and everything that w e have, -with the pride of those ■who kno ' W that the day has come ■when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the princi- ples that gave her birth and happiness and the peace ■w hich she has treasured. ' GOD helping her, she can do no other. .| Jt