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David Starr Jordan was a noted educator, scientist and peace activist. He was the President of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he remained, first as president and later as chancellor, until his retirement.. He was for his work as a peace activist, writing books such as The Blood of the Nation, War and Waste, Ways of Lasting Peace, and Democracy and World Relations, among many others. Jordan served as president of the World Peace Foundation from 1910 to 1914 and as president of the World Peace Conference in 1915. Although he campaigned vigorously against US involvement in World War I, once war was declared, he advocated aggressive measures to end the conflict quickly. He retired from his post at Stanford in 1916 and from public life in 1925.
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David Starr Jordan Collected Papers