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ty and a generous altruism may become apparent. Later we shall be able to extend our activities and place them at the service of new enterprises. We demand nothing more of our friends, of our press, and of our fellow citizens than a little attention for these quickenings of reality, a little respect for the interests of a higher humanity, and a little love for the great traditions and the rich possibilities of a _unified Europe_. BARCELONA, _November 27, 1914_. EUGENIO D'ORS, Member of the Institute; MANUEL DE MONTOLIU, Author; AURELIO RAS, Director of the Review _Estudio_; AUGUSTIN MURUA, University Professor; TELESFORO DE ARANZADI, University Professor; MIGUEL S. OLIVER; JUAN PALAU, publicist; PABLO VILA, Director of _Mont d'Or_ College; ENRIQUE JARDI, Barrister; E. MESSEGUER, publicist; CARMEN KARR, Director of the _Residencia de Estudiantes El Hogar_; ESTEBAN TERRADES, Member of the Institute; JOSE ZULUETA, Member of Parliament; R. JORI, Author; EUDALDO DURAN REYNALS, Librarian of the _Biblioteca de Cataluna_; RAFAEL CAMPALANS, Engineer; J. M. LOPEZ-PICO, Author; R. RUCABADO, Author; E. CUELLO CALOU, University Professor; MANUEL REVENLOS, Professor of the _Escuela de Funcionarios_; J. FARRAN MAYORAL, Author; JAIME MASSO TORRENTS, Member of the Institute; JORGE RUBIO BALAGUER, Director of the _Biblioteca de Cataluna_. _Translated from the Spanish by R. R._ _Journal de Geneve_, January 9, 1915. X. FOR EUROPE: AN APPEAL FROM HOLLAND TO THE INTELLECTUALS OF ALL NATIONS In the preceding chapter, in which I put before my readers the fine manifesto of the Catalonian intellectuals "For the Moral Unity of Europe," I stated that after this appeal from the Mediterranean South I would make known those of the North. Amongst the latter here is the voice of Holland:-- The _Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog Road_ (Dutch Anti-War Council) is perhaps the most important attempt that these last months has seen to unify pacifist thought. Whilst recognizing the value of what has been done for some years past in favor of peace, the N. A. O. R. is convinced that "all this work could have been much more effective, and could even have prevented the present catastrophe, if it had been better taken in hand." There has been lack of co-operation, wastage of energy, lack of penetration to the mass of the people. The problem is to discover if this internal defect cannot be remedied. "Will the world-wide tragedy of rivalry continu
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