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Show Averaging Our Years of War. The history of tho United States shows that for every throe years of peace thero has been one year of war. This is a very fair average for a peace-loving peace-loving nation. As long as human nature na-ture is what it is, ns long as the Intense In-tense rivalry for commercial supremacy suprem-acy continues, there will be wnr. Man is naturally a combattvo animal. Ills primeval instincts arc only a hair's-breadth hair's-breadth beneath the surface. The inclination in-clination to turn tho other cheek is not In him. Touch him upon a tender spot, generally his pocketbook. nnd Tho Haguo tribunal fades away Into tho dim vista of his dreams. "Havoc!" he cries, and the dogs of war are unloosed. un-loosed. Thero are those who scoff at tho idea of the United States engaged en-gaged In a forelin war. Who knows? From Arni uj .avy Life. |