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Henry van Dyke on Veterans Day

1852–1933 United States

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This is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that "war is hell":
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
And rides through hell to save his country's life.

The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens (1904)

Peace without Justice is a low estate,—
A coward cringing to an iron Fate!
But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,—
We'll pay the price of war to make it real.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henry van Dyke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.