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distributed tracts, and formed committees and
associations in furtherance of peace.
Between the years 1848 and 1851 a still
greater aggressive peace movement was set on
foot upon the European continent, by means of
congresses held at Brussels, Paris and
Frankfort, and by the attendance of many hundred
delegates from all the countries of Europe.
This effort for peace was entered upon by
the Secretary, Mr. Henry Richard. At least
twenty times he visited the Continent, speaking
for peace and arbitration in many, if not most,
of the largest cities—Paris, Berlin, Vienna,
Pesth, Dresden, Leipsic, Munich, Frankfort,
Brussels, Antwerp, Bremen, Cologne, the
Hague, Amsterdam, Genoa, Rome, Florence,
Venice, Milan, Turin, etc.
These efforts bore good fruit. The friends
of peace began to stir. Peace societies were
formed, devoted attachments were made, and
personal intercourse created between the
adherents of peace principles in various lands.
This was especially the case in France,
where la Ligue Internationale de la Paix
was founded by M. Frédéric Passy. In 1872
the name of the league was changed to the
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