Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the nineteenth century has been an international movement which owed its existence and its development to the cooperation of many different peoples.

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Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic...

Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of...

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate...

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate...

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common...

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has...

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has...

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics...

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics...

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of...

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.