And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian.
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I have already mentioned that recent years have brought with them much disillusionment concerning what has so far been achieved by humanity.
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