As The World Community Develops In Peace,

As To Judging Our Own Time, And Thereby Gaining Some Basis For A Judgment Of Future Possibilities, We Are Doubtless Not Only Too Close To It To Appraise It But Too Much Formed By It And Enclosed Within It To Do So.

As The World Community Develops In Peace, It Will Open Up Great Untapped Reservoirs In Human Nature.

Men Who Are Scandalized At The Lack Of Freedom In Russia Do Not Ask Themselves How Real Is Liberty Among The Poor, The Weak, And The Ignorant In Capitalist Society.

A Third Ideal That Has Made Its Way In The Modern World Is Reliance On Reason, Especially Reason Disciplined And Enriched By Modern Science. An Eternal Basis Of Human Intercommunication Is Reason.

A Second Characteristic Of Our Time Is The Prevalence Of Nationalism. This Is Still Spreading, Affecting New Communities, More Peripheral Regions And So-called Backward Peoples.