Liberty Is A Product Of Order.

We Americans Are The Best Informed People On Earth As To The Events Of The Last Twenty-four Hours; We Are The Not The Best Informed As The Events Of The Last Sixty Centuries.

The Experience Of The Past Lives Little Doubt That Every Economic System Must Sooner Or Later Rely Upon Some Form Of The Profit Motive To Stir Individuals And Groups To Productivity. Substitutes Like Slavery, Police Supervision, Or Ideological Enthusiasm Prove Too Unproductive, Too Expensive, Or Too Transient.

When Liberty Becomes License, Dictatorship Is Near.

Which Is Now A More Hopeful Statement Than Swift Intended It To Be.

It Is True That Even Across The Himalayan Barrier India Has Sent To The West, Such Gifts As Grammar And Logic, Philosophy And Fables, Hypnotism And Chess, And Above All Numerals And The Decimal System.