Text study,"The Holy Experiment of a Dis-Armed League" with quote of Victor Hugo (for The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1922]?)

[upper center in graphite]: There is one thing stronger than / Armies -- the Idea -- whose / time has come -- / Victor Hugo; [center in graphite]: The Holy Experiment / of a Dis-Armed League / Will the Peoples of the Earth prevail / upon their Governements to make / a Trial of Union -- and by the / audacity of their Procedure to / fill a written Charter with / the Spirit of Life -- instead of Death -- / the Holy Experiment / of a Dis-Armed LeagueThe quote by Victor Hugo appears on the last page of writings [page 51]. The passage that accompanies it includes excerpts from an address given by Woodrow Wilson on September 27, 1918, in New York City. The event was to open the campaign of the Fourth Liberty Loan, which would aid in the continuing finance of American efforts in World War I. Wilson also used the event as an opportunity to speak of the vital importance of a League of Nations.