... From the inmost conviction I declare myself in accord with the
aims of every peace union, in obedient veneration of our sublime
Master from Nazareth. Here his disciple, our dear Leo Tolstoi, is
incontrovertibly in the right.
Only I believe that we of our profession can accomplish even more for
the good and great cause through our slowly but certainly infiltrating
books than through associated activities—of this you yourself have
given a shining example—though of course the latter also have their
value.