Moreover, we shall not hold a good position for helping to compose the quarrel or for any other service.
The present controversy seems here, where we are close to the struggle, academic.

It seems to us a petty matter when it is compared with the grave danger we incur of shutting ourselves off from a position to be of some service to civilization and to the peace of mankind.
In Washington you seem to be indulging in a more or less theoretical discussion.

As we see the issue here, it is a matter of life and death for English-speaking civilization.

It is not a happy time to raise controversies that can be avoided or postponed.

We gain nothing, we lose every chance for useful cooeperation for peace.