The Present Age Has Seen A Great

The Present Age Has Seen A Great Slump In Humanist Values.

No Society Lies Nearer To The Cyclonic Path Of The Forces Of World Change Than The United States, And Few Societies Are More Intellectually Aware Of The Nature Of The Issues That Have To Be Faced

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

American Literature Has Never Been Content To Be Just One Among The Many Literatures Of The Western World. It Has Always Aspired To Be The Literature Not Only Of A New Continent But Of A New World.

The Sublimated Idealism Of The Enlightenment, The Spirit Of The League Of Nations And Of The United Nations Charter Have Not Proved Strong Enough To Control The Aggressive Dynamism Of Nationalism.