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Philanthropist, far-sighted millionaire, / Lover of prose and friend of poetry, / What needs my pen in furtherance declare / Thou art also a friend of liberty, -- / Thou art, indeed, a very Prince of Peace, / Who, conscious of the uselessness of war, / Believest man's red carnage soon should cease, / And nations now for nobler things prepare: / What needs my pen in furtherance recite / Thy kindly interest in the weal of man -- / Yet, lacking need, I nothing lose to write, / But rather gain in praising as I can, / For, if thy wealth the world sweet peace may give, / Perhaps my lines in praise of peace may live.