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[Sir Harry Lauder in The Register, Springfield, Ill.]

"What the world needs is not battleships, but friendships," said Harry Lauder, famous Scotch comedian.

He presented the lessons of peace, friendship, tolerance, brotherly love with beautiful oratory, giving added color to his address by singing a song to fill the hearts of all his hearers with full appreciation of the value of sweetening our lives and the lives of those about us with music—especially with song. Just a handclasp; that's all. Just a "clap on the back" for our fellow men; that's all. Avoidance of slavery to business deals, but daily consideration for ideals—that was the lesson he taught.

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