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The Spirit of Peace 
 
 l^Vcd I'-mcrson Hrooks 
 
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 ITiis poem \v:is written by Mr. Hrooks for Lookout Mountain, \\ . R. C, 
 and read by its President, Mrs. (jeorj];ia Hod^man, at the dedication of the 
 
 Peace Monument in Herkele\ , Cahtornia, l'el)ruary twenty-second, nineteen 
 
 hundred and twelve, the seventli stanza bem^ set in tlie l)ronze 
 
 tablet on the side of the monument 
 
 F'roni the Press of 
 Jo Anderson, 416 J Street 
 
 Sacramento. Cal. 
 
 Illustrations bv Marv Crete Crouch 
 
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e Kear IKe dead of ages cry- 
 md all Ihe lolling millions plea 
 iiowlong shall human teings die 
 To salis^^ a nations greed! 
 
 Lei Christian nations hear in mind 
 Ihis world is hul a monster school 
 ere Ihey are sel to teach mankind 
 Gods charier law-lhe Golden l?ule. 
 
 Can we our conscience jusliS'^ 
 While selling savage nations rum? 
 
 s war religions haltle cry? 
 Shall we serve God wilh fife and dram? 
 
Lef all Ihe ships Ihat plow the sea 
 Ihc human race slill closer bind; 
 
 While ihaf proud banner of Ihe free 
 lo world-wide peace leads all mankind. 
 
 Let freedoms soaring eagle scare 
 All warring vultures from Ihe earth 
 
 And heavenward all ihe incense bear 
 Iha) moihers burn around the hearth. 
 
 War's curse is no! alone its dead : 
 What endless grief the baHle slarlj 
 
 The path of glorj^ heroes Iread 
 is ever paved with broken hearts 
 
Let women weep no longer for 
 uxQw loved ones slain ty mans caprice: 
 
 from oul the palsied lliroal of war 
 mere comes the silent prajer for peace. 
 
 Tliis war scarred monster seems to s^: 
 
 War is a nations only Vice: 
 (me thou th)r fellow man fair play 
 
 And make this world a paradise. 
 
 ar clouds wiU never mar the slgr 
 When peacehJ mortals come to hnow- 
 The first to shout the tattle crj 
 Do not themselves to Battle go. 
 
Le[ nalions Iry some wiser scheme. 
 
 Willi world-wide laws lo make thcmjusl 
 'A world-empowered C^url Jupreme 
 
 Willi world-police lo say^-lhe)^ musi ! 
 
 Lcl precious blood no more be sKcd, 
 Nor liuman backs wilb laxes bend; 
 Lei war have no more Iribulc dead! 
 
 Cries Reason: Lei Ihere be an end! 
 
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