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THE supreme need for concentrating national effort upon the successful prosecution of the war, and securing the overthrow of the forces which threaten good faith and understanding among the nations, should not be allowed to blind us to the necessity of preparing the foundations upon which a just and enduring peace can be based. It is, indeed, to defend the moral and spiritual realities upon which civilization itself depends that we have been driven to enter this conflict. To keep those moral issues clearly defined is essential if we are to sustain the sacrifices and effort which the task to which we have addressed ourselves will demand. We should not forget that it is possible to win a war and lose the peace.
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The Future of Civilization. Nature 144, 489–491 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144489a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144489a0