Excerpt from History of Peace: Compiled From Government Records, Official Reports, Treaties, Conventions, Peace Conferences and Arbitrations

The objects and purpose of this book are: First, to set forth a history of the progress of peace from the earliest governmental records to the present time, second, to teach the youth of the land, and all others, the arts and blessings of peace. Being engaged in the arts of peace myself, I felt the need of a history of peace, but after search and inquiry and the examination of the catalogues of great libraries, was unable to find anything in this line. Knowing that others as well as myself felt the need of such a work, I decided to supply that need.

Material for the book was difficult to secure, the documents from which the desired information could be obtained being widely scattered, and when found were often incomplete, or were so ambiguous that it required great labor and care to extract the matter desired.

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