The Task Of Youth Is Not Only

My Temperament And Habit Had Always Kept Me Rather In The Middle Of The Road; In Politics As Well As In Social Reform I Had Been For "the Best Possible." But Now I Was Pushed Far Toward The Left On The Subject Of The War And I Became Gradually Convinced That In Order To Make The Position Of The Pacifist Clear It Was Perhaps Necessary That At Least A Small Number Of Us Should Be Forced Into An Unequivocal Position.

I Dreamed Night After Night That Everyone In The World Was Dead Excepting Myself, And That Upon Me Rested The Responsibility Of Making A Wagon Wheel.

Civilization Is A Method Of Living, An Attitude Of Equal Respect For All Men.

Pliable Human Nature Is Relentlessly Pressed Upon By Its Physical Environment.

The Impulse To Share The Lives Of The Poor, The Desire To Make Social Service, Irrespective Of Propaganda, Express The Spirit Of Christ, Is As Old As Christianity Itself.