But The West Did Not Last Long

For Humanism Also Appeals To Man As Man. It Seeks To Liberate The Universal Qualities Of Human Nature From The Narrow Limitations Of Blood And Soil And Class And To Create A Common Language And A Common Culture In Which Men Can Realize Their Common Humanity.

The True Makes Of History Are The Spiritual Men Whom The World Knew Not, The Unregarded Agents Of The Creative Action Of The Spirit. The Supreme Instance Of This-the Key To The Christian Understanding Of History-is To Be Found In The Incarnation- The Presence Of The Maker Of The World In The World Unknown To The World. ... The Incarnation Is Itself In A Sense The Divine Fruit Of History-of The Fullness Of Time-and It Finds Its Extension And Completion In The Historic Life Of The Church.

It Is The Religious Impulse Which Supplies The Cohesive Force Which Unifies A Society And A Culture... A Society Which Has Lost Its Religion Becomes Sooner Or Later A Society Which Has Lost Its Culture.

The Chief Safeguard Of Personal Freedom In A Democratic Society Is The Anarchy And Disorder Of Capitalist Individualism.

The Intercourse Between The Mediterranean And The North Or Between The Atlantic And Central Europe Was Never Purely Economic Or Political; It Also Meant The Exchange Of Knowledge And Ideas And The Influence Of Social Institutions And Artistic And Literary Forms