An Excerpt of Queen Elizabeth's Peace Speech


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"If we have peace in our hearts the disorder and cruelty of life will not overwhelm us with despair, and if we have, even for a short while seen that flash of light from another country that men call inspiration we shall have the courage to attempt, however unsuccessfully, to do our part in quieting the disorder and quelling the cruelty; until we have battled through them and our rest is won.

Drink deep of the well of peace that stands in ancient places, and leave behind you, for those who come after, that something of yourselves that is imperishable."

--Queen Elizabeth the First