<h2><SPAN name="page140"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>DISARMAMENT</h2>
<p class="poetry">We have outgrown the helmet and cuirass,<br/>
The spear, the arrow, and the javelin.<br/>
These crude inventions of a cruder age,<br/>
When men killed men to show their love of God,<br/>
And he who slaughtered most was greatest king.<br/>
We have outgrown the need of war!<br/>
Should men<br/>
Unite in this one thought, all war would end.</p>
<p class="poetry">Disarm the world; and let all Nations meet<br/>
Like Men, not monsters, when disputes arise.<br/>
When crossed opinions tangle into snarls,<br/>
Let Courts untie them, and not armies cut.<br/>
When State discussions breed dissensions, let<br/>
Union and Arbitration supersede<br/>
The hell-created implements of War.<br/>
Disarm the world! and bid destructive thought<br/>
Slip like a serpent from the mortal mind<br/>
Down through the marshes of oblivion. Soon<br/>
A race of gods shall rise! Disarm! Disarm!</p>
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