"As things are now going, the peace we will make, the peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace, in brief... without moral purpose or human interest."

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About Archibald MacLeish

American poet, playwright, and public intellectual who served as Librarian of Congress and later as assistant secretary of state. His writing spanned lyric poetry, drama, and political commentary, and he received multiple Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important literary and civic voice in the mid-20th century.

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