The Present Age Has Seen A Great

Every Great Movement In The History Of Western Civilization From The Carolingian Age To The Nineteenth Century Has Been An International Movement Which Owed Its Existence And Its Development To The Cooperation Of Many Different Peoples.

Every Society Rests In The Last Resort On The Recognition Of Common Principles And Common Ideals, And If It Makes No Moral Or Spiritual Appeal To The Loyalty Of Its Members, It Must Inevitably Fall To Pieces.

No Doubt Western Civilization Has In The Past Been Full Of Wars And Revolutions, And The National Elements In Our Culture, Even When They Were Ignored, Always Provided An Unconscious Driving Force Of Passion And Aggressive Self-assertion

This Freedom Of Political Discussion On The Highest Level Is Something Which Western Civilization Has In Common With That Of Classical Antiquity, But With No Other

If Man Attempts To Suppress The Animal Side Of His Nature By A Sheer Effort Of Conscious Will, Nature Finds A Hundred Unexpected And Unpleasant Ways To Take Its Revenge.