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…

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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,...

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects,...

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...