Those Who Are Rooted In The Depths

The Future Will Be Determined In Part By Happenings That It Is Impossible To Foresee; It Will Also Be Influenced By Trends That Are Now Existent And Observable.

Probably People Always Feel That They Are Living In A Time Of Transition, But We Can Hardly Be Mistaken Perhaps In Thinking That This Is An Era Of Particularly Momentous Change, Rapid And Proceeding At An Ever Quickening Rate.

As To Judging Our Own Time, And Thereby Gaining Some Basis For A Judgment Of Future Possibilities, We Are Doubtless Not Only Too Close To It To Appraise It But Too Much Formed By It And Enclosed Within It To Do So.

The Question Whether The Long Effort To Put An End To War Can Succeed Without Another Major Convulsion Challenges Not Only Our Minds But Our Sense Of Responsibility.

Men Who Are Scandalized At The Lack Of Freedom In Russia Do Not Ask Themselves How Real Is Liberty Among The Poor, The Weak, And The Ignorant In Capitalist Society.