History Has Recorded Nothing So Dramatic In

Is Civilization Progress? The Challenge, I Think, Is Clear; And, As Clearly, The Final Answer Will Be Given Not By Our Amassing Of Knowledge, Or By The Discoveries Of Our Science, Or By The Speed Of Our Aircraft, But By The Effect Of Our Civilized Activities As A Whole Have Upon The Quality Of Our Planet's Life-the Life Of Plants And Animals As That Of Men.

By Day, Or On A Cloudless Night, A Pilot May Drink The Wine Of The Gods, But It Has An Earthly Taste; He's A God Of The Earth, Like One Of The Grecian Deities Who Lives On Worldly Mountains And Descended For Intercourse With Men. But At Night, Over A Stratus Layer, All Sense Of The Planet May Disappear. You Know That Down Below, Beneath That Heavenly Blanket Is The Earth, Factual And Hard. But It's An Intellectual Knowledge; It's A Knowledge Tucked Away In The Mind; Not A Feeling That Penetrates The Body.

The Improvement Of Our Way Of Life Is More Important Than The Spreading Of It. If We Make It Satisfactory Enough, It Will Spread Automatically. If We Do Not, No Strength Of Arms Can Permanently Oppose It.

Aviation Has Struck A Delicately Balanced World, A World Where Stability Was Already Giving Way To The Pressure Of New Dynamic Forces, A World Dominated By A Mechanical, Materialist, Western European Civilization.

Is He Alone Who Has Courage On His Right Hand And Faith On His Left Hand?