There Are Historic Situations In Which Refusal

Our Age Knows Nothing But Reaction, And Leaps From One Extreme To Another.

The Idea That The Profits Of Capital Are Really The Rewards Of A Just Society For The Foresight And Thrift Of Those Who Sacrificed The Immediate Pleasures Of Spending In Order That Society Might Have Productive Capital, Had A Certain Validity In The Early Days Of Capitalism, When Productive Enterprise Was Frequently Initiated Through Capital Saved Out Of Modest Incomes.

The Significance Of The Law Of Love Is Precisely That It Is Not Just Another Law, But A Law Which Transcends All Law.

It Is The Evil In Man That Makes Democracy Necessary, And Man's Belief In Justice That Makes Democracy Possible.

Nothing That Is Worth Doing Can Be Achieved In Our Lifetime; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Hope. Nothing Which Is True Or Beautiful Or Good Makes Complete Sense In Any Immediate Context Of History; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Faith. Nothing We Do, However Virtuous, Can Be Accomplished Alone; Therefore We Must Be Saved By Love. No Virtuous Act Is Quite As Virtuous From The Standpoint Of Our Friend Or Foe As It Is From Our Standpoint. Therefore We Must Be Saved By The Final Form Of Love Which Is Forgiveness.