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The most impressive fact about the American decision is that

it has been taken on such right and noble grounds that it can never turn to' emptiness and disillusionment. The Americans are ideal- ists, and Congressmen who could cheer President Wilson's address to the echo have proved themselves accurate interpreters of the national idealism. Sacrifice and suffering are being accepted, not to acquire an inch of territory, or to establish a domination any- where, but solely to secure that the world shall remain a habitable place for self-respecting and freedom-loving people. We cannot doubt that the Russian Revolution has been a powerful contribu- tory cause in producing the great profession of faith which has issued from Washington.

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