The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause.

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.

On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.