▁Dun can ▁attended ▁Down ing ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁reading ▁English ▁under ▁F . ▁R . ▁Le av is . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁pac if ist ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁publishing ▁The ▁Complete ▁Pac if ist , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁This ▁was ▁later ▁re - iss ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁carrying ▁end ors ements ▁from ▁Can on ▁Dick ▁She pp ard ▁of ▁the ▁Peace ▁P ledge ▁Union ▁( P PU ), ▁Ger ald ▁He ard , ▁and ▁Syl via ▁Town send ▁Warner . ▁Later ▁that ▁year ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁words ▁for ▁a ▁Pac if ist ▁March ▁composed ▁by ▁Benjamin ▁Brit ten ▁( also ▁a ▁pac if ist ) ▁for ▁the ▁P PU , ▁but ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁success ▁and ▁was ▁soon ▁with dra wn . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁also ▁he ▁visited ▁Gand hi ▁in ▁India , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁was ▁on ▁friendly ▁terms ▁with ▁the ▁British ▁His pan ist ▁Ger ald ▁B ren an . ▁His ▁pac if ism ▁had ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁co - oper ative ▁far ming ▁enter prise ▁at ▁Go ose ham ▁and ▁M ead ▁Farm , ▁near ▁Wel com be , ▁Dev on , ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁This ▁failed ▁by ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁Dun can ▁successfully ▁faced ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁ob jection ▁trib unal . ▁ ▁Liter