Morale Is The State Of Mind. It

There Has Been Considerable Comment Over The Awarding Of The Nobel Peace Prize To A Soldier. I Am Afraid This Does Not Seem As Remarkable To Me As It Quite Evidently Appears To Others. I Know A Great Deal Of The Horrors And Tragedies Of War. ... The Cost Of War In Human Lives Is Constantly Spread Before Me, Written Neatly In Many Ledgers Whose Columns Are Gravestones. I Am Deeply Moved To Find Some Means Or Method Of Avoiding Another Calamity Of War.

The Great Lesson To Be Learned In The Battered Towns Of England And The Ruined Cities Of Germany Is That The Best Way To Win A War Is To Prevent It From Occurring.

The Soldier's Heart, The Soldier's Spirit, The Soldier's Soul, Are Everything.

The Instruments Of War Can Be Manufactured ... Human Blood Cannot Be; And The Lack Of Just One Pint Could Mean The Life Of An American Serviceman.

I Think One Difficulty Is That The Problem Is One Of Such Enormous Complexity That The Very Mass Of Facts Presented To The Public By Press And Radio Make It Exceedingly Difficult For The Man In The Street To Reach A Clear Appraisement Of The Situation. It Is Virtually Impossible At This Distance To Grasp At All The Real Significance Of The Situation.