INTRODUCTION
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peoples and nations within it. n' sh<- rally her strength md her and prove worthy of her destiny. When she n upon herself, within shall have conferred a Coi ih.- limits of her contractual obligation in the Treaty, she will not have foresworn her heritage (unless she elect to do so); she will not have diminished her strength (unless she choose to dissipate it); but she will be able by a pershe has already given her sistent purpose, of which in the to contribute future as she contributed in pledges, the past, with a security that has not been allowed her for And it is to !iy centuries, to the benefit of nations. end I dedicate this little book.