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Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war War is an ancient (36) which has existed for at least 6,000 years. It was always wicked and foolish, but in the past the human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either Man will (37) war, or vice versa~ For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the (38) danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be done. It will never be done until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to (39) mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not as (40) of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in massacre, but by arbitration in accordance with agreed principles of law. It is not easy to change age-old mental habits, but this is what must be (41) . The movement of world opinion during the past two years has been very largely welcome. It has become a (42) that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course very difficult problems remain in the international (43) , but (44) . It has begun to be thought, even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, (45) .It has begun to be understood that (46) .