No Doubt Western Civilization Has In The

If Man Limits Himself To A Satisfied Animal Existence, And Asks From Life Only What Such An Existence Can Give, The Higher Values Of Life At Once Disappear.

You Can Give Men Food And Leisure And Amusements And Good Conditions Of Work, And Still They Will Remain Unsatisfied. You Can Deny Them All These Things, And They Will Not Complain So Long As They Feel That They Have Something To Die For

Moreover, Behind This Vague Tendency To Treat Religion As A Side Issue In Modern Life, There Exists A Strong Body Of Opinion That Is Actively Hostile To Christianity And That Regards The Destruction Of Positive Religion As Absolutely Necessary To The Advance Of Modern Culture

Every Society Rests In The Last Resort On The Recognition Of Common Principles And Common Ideals, And If It Makes No Moral Or Spiritual Appeal To The Loyalty Of Its Members, It Must Inevitably Fall To Pieces.

It Is The Religious Impulse Which Supplies The Cohesive Force Which Unifies A Society And A Culture... A Society Which Has Lost Its Religion Becomes Sooner Or Later A Society Which Has Lost Its Culture.