This should have been the ultimate goal of the League's endeavours. but the reason why no attempts were made in this direction was that the statesmen knew full well in their hearts that the nations were not ready for such a decisive step. The same more or less applies to the present situation, Even now under the stress of this raging war, which reminds us every day that a new world order must be founded it we want to prevent a continual repetition of the present drama, we do not feel that we have as yet reached the stage where we can allow a majority of other states to overrule our national will, The conception of an abstract international scheme on general lines would be doomed to failure as are all general schemes, That does not mean that we have to give up the idea and determination of building up a new order, The new collective spirit kindled by this war and the common abhorrence of Nazi terror and slavery can still find its realistic expression in a form which has equally been indicated by the war.
The common fight for freedom and the common hope of all allied peoples backed by all Americans show the way for a natural evolution towards a closer political unity after this war,
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