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title: 'Pro Patria: The Spirit of America Fighting for Peace'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1921-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'United States'
- 'War and Peace'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
- 'Isaiah 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1921-pro-patria-the-spirit-of-america-fighting-for-peace
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# Pro Patria: The Spirit of America Fighting for Peace

Van Dyke's essays probe the Spirit of America—its character, literature, and Franco‑American friendship—and argue that a just peace may rightly be defended in wartime.

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