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We Are Asking The Nations Of Europe Between Whom Rivers Of Blood Have Flowed, To Forget The Feuds Of A Thousand Years And Work For The Larger Harmonies On Which The Future Depends.

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We Are Asking The Nations Of Europe Between Whom Rivers Of Blood Have Flowed, To Forget The Feuds Of A Thousand Years And Work For The Larger Harmonies On Which The Future Depends.

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