It took time, it took lives, it took more treasure than a thousand men could count in a lifetime.

But the assault had been against civilization, on the very foundation of all that humanity had gained through countless centuries.

The forces of light were too strong for it; would not permit it to triumph.
The President of the United States, from the bedside of his dying wife, appealed to the nations for some means of reaching peace for Europe.

The last thoughts of his dying helpmate, were of the great responsibility resting upon her husband incident to the awful crisis in the lives of the nations of earth, that was becoming more pronounced with each second of time.
The Pope was stricken to death by the great calamity to civilization.

A few minutes before the end came he said that the Almighty in His infinite mercy was removing him from the world to spare him the anguish of the awful war.
The first inclination of America was to be neutral.