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campaign in all countries for the maintenance of
peace in the world. The representatives of the Red
Cross organizations of many countries have had
rich opportunities to understand the terrible
development and catastrophic results of modern
warfare. With this and the high ideals of the Red Cross
in mind, it is only natural that the Red Cross
organization of every country should strive to become
an effective instrument of peace. World conditions
at the time of this writing are such that one has to
be quite an optimist to stand by this. But it is exactly
this optimism which must inspire all Red Cross
workers as in fact all people who want to make active
contributions in the humanitarian field. One is not
allowed to reason: ”It is of no use to continue.
What can I, or we, with our small resources,
accomplish ? The task is so gigantic that it is vain to
believe that we could achieve results of any
importance.” It is admitted that it can be tempting
for the individual to reason thus. This reasoning
should not take the upper hand, however. All good
forces having the same aim in view should unite in
order to carry out work which can benefit mankind.
It is this which makes the work in the Red Cross
or similar organizations so rewarding and
fascinating: whether one is occupied in a national or
international field of activity, one is inspired by the
aim to aid unhappy and suffering people, to help
rebuild what has been destroyed and to assist them
to regain what they have lost. The gratitude of
unhappy people who can perhaps in this way begin
to have faith again in the future and who can
glimpse a ray of light in the darkness is the greatest
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