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 Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all 
nations--entangling alliances with none.  
 Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all 
nations--entangling alliances with none. 
 No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
 To tax our labours and excise our brains.  
 No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
 To tax our labours and excise our brains. 
 And statesmen at her council met
 Who knew the seasons when to take
  Occasion by the hand, read more 
 And statesmen at her council met
 Who knew the seasons when to take
  Occasion by the hand, and make
   The bounds of freedom wider yet. 
Spheres of influence.
Spheres of influence.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains.
 It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have 
learned to think nationally.  
 It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have 
learned to think nationally. 
 Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the 
emergency, and cave in the emergency's read more 
 Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the 
emergency, and cave in the emergency's head. 
 If one has no better method of enticement to offer, the cordial 
agreement seems to us to be the read more 
 If one has no better method of enticement to offer, the cordial 
agreement seems to us to be the best compromise.
 [Fr., Si l'on n'a pas de meilleurs moyen de seduction a lui 
offrir, l'entente cordiale nous parait fort compromise.] 
Learn to think continentally.
Learn to think continentally.