And We Wonder What Can Be That

The Decision For Complete Religious Freedom And For Separation Of Church And State In The Eyes Of The Rest Of The World Was Perhaps The Most Important Decision Reached In The New World. Everywhere In The Western World Of The 18th Century, Church And State Were One; And Everywhere The State Maintained An Established Church And Tried To Force Conformity To Its Dogma.

We Should Not Forget That Our Tradition Is One Of Protest And Revolt, And It Is Stultifying To Celebrate The Rebels Of The Past ... While We Silence The Rebels Of The Present.

Its Awfully Hard To Be The Son Of A Great Man And Also Of A Half-crazy Woman.

And We Wonder What Can Be That 'philosophy Of Education' Which Believes That Young People Can Be Trained To The Duties Of Citizenship By Wrapping Their Minds In Cotton Wool.

To Yearn For A Single, And Usually Simple, Explanation Of The Chaotic Materials Of The Past, To Search For A Single Thread In That Most Tangled Of All Skeins, Is A Sign Of Immaturity.