Dear Lord we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

The speaker frames Thanksgiving not as a celebration of plenty but as a moment of collective moral petition. After acknowledging ordinary human “begging” for personal boons, the line pivots to a single, higher request: peace—first inward (“in the hearts of all men living”) and then outward (“in the whole world”). The pairing suggests that durable public peace depends on private reconciliation and goodwill, and that gratitude is incomplete while conflict persists. Read as a Thanksgiving prayer, it universalizes the holiday’s meaning beyond any one nation or household, turning a domestic festival into an appeal for global concord and shared humanity.