If We Are To Preserve Culture We

A Superstition Which Pretends To Be Scientific Creates A Much Greater Confusion Of Thought Than One Which Contents Itself With Simple Popular Practices.

From Whichever Angle One Looks At It, The Application Of Racial Theories Remains A Striking Proof Of The Lowered Demands Of Public Opinion Upon The Purity Of Critical Judgment.

William James Once Said: "progress Is A Terrible Thing." It Is More Than That: It Is Also A Highly Ambiguous Notion. For Who Knowsbut That A Little Further On The Way A Bridge May Not Have Collapsed Or A Crevice Split The Earth?

Today The Average Inhabitant Of The Western Hemisphere Knows A Little Of Everything. He Has The Newspaper On His Breakfast Table And Wireless Within Reach. For The Evening There Is The Film, Cards, Or A Meeting To Complete A Day Spent In The Office Or Factory Where Nothing That Is Essential Has Been Learnt. With Slight Variation This Picture Of A Low Cultural Average Holds Good Over The Entire Range From Factory-hand Of Clerk To Manager Or Director. Only The Personal Will To Culture, In Whatever Field And However Pursued Raises Modern Man Above This Level.

History Can Predict Nothing Except That Great Changes In Human Relationships Will Never Come About In The Form In Which They Have Been Anticipated.