We See That There Are Two Different

The Social Sciences Are Usually Concerned With Groups Of Persons Rather Than Individual Persons. The Behavior Of Individuals, Being Free, Is Unpredictable.

When Goods Are Exchanged Between Countries, They Must Be Paid For By Commodities Or Gold. They Cannot Be Paid For By The Notes, Certificates, And Checks Of The Purchaser's Country, Since These Are Of Value Only In The Country Of Issue.

The Argument That The Two Parties Should Represent Opposed Ideals And Policies, One, Perhaps, Of The Right And The Other Of The Left, Is A Foolish Idea Acceptable Only To Doctrinaire And Academic Thinkers.

On This Basis, Which Was Originally Financial And Goes Back To George Peabody, There Grew Up In The Twentieth Century A Power Structure Between London And New York Which Penetrated Deeply Into University Life, The Press, And The Practice Of Foreign Policy.

The Hope For The Twentieth Century Rests On Recognition That War And Depression Are Man-made, And Needless. They Can Be Avoided In The Future By Turning From The Nineteenth-century Characteristics Just Mentioned (materialism, Selfishness, False Values, Hypocrisy, And Secret Vices) And Going Back To Other Characteristics That Our Western Society Has Always Regarded As Virtues: Generosity, Compassion, Cooperation, Rationality, And Foresight, And Finding A Increased Role In Human Life For Love, Spirituality, Charity, And Self Discipline.