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Law Describes The Way Things Would Work If Men Were Angels.

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.

No Civilisation, Not Even That Of Ancient Greece, Has Ever Undergone Such A Continuous And Profound Process Of Change As Western Europe Has Done During The Last 900 Years. It Is Impossible To Explain This Fact In Purely Economic Terms By A Materialistic Interpretation Of History. The Principle Of Change Has Been A Spiritual One And The Progress Of Western Civilisation Is Intimately Related To The Dynamic Ethos Of Western Christianity, Which Has Gradually Made Western Man Conscious Of His Moral Responsibility And His Duty To Change The World.

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

The Modern Dilemma Is Essentially A Spiritual One, And Every One Of Its Main Aspects, Moral, Political And Scientific, Brings Us Back To The Need Of A Religious Solution.