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.

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

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....

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe...

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe...

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely...

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental...

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental...

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...

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life,...

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life,...