Repository: UIHistories Project: Convocation - 1930 [PAGE 11]

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oped since, when he said, "the ideal that I would aim at is ui arbitral eourt in which any nation could make complaint against any other nation, etc." 'Phis is but th< application of the doctrine governing the relations of our States. However, the abolition of war is not to be obtained by

organization and agreements. Such abolition is a matter

o( the spirit. Therefore it is a matter of education. Men will not be deterred from going to war because science has made it more horrible. W a r will disappear when men generally believe that its evils are greater than those that could occur without it. and that whatever good it produces is less than its cost in moral, esthetic, spiritual, and religious values. As Doctor Xansen somewhere remarks, "the most important factor for peace is disarmament of the mind." Have due respect for the established order. Much is said in these days about not believing anything on authority. There is a sense in which the advice is good and mother in which it is foolish. It is good in so far as it tells us n t to submit to compulsion in forming our ideas. It is nonsense in so far as it advises tis not to believe anything hat we cannot ourselves prove, because is impossible for dl of us 10 have either the knowledge or the time to prove f r ourselves more than a few oi the opinions we hold. Our whole ial structure is built on faith in the honest} of one another. Keep an open mind but avoid credulity. Do not be misle 1 by word Remember that a phrase or a slogan is likely t ha\ more influence with the crowd than a principle Y U will find yourselves dubbed as liberals or conserva tiv ialistS or what not by people who wish to push

their own vi ws to the exclusion <)( your own. It has bec m the fashion to apply the term "liberal" to anybody

who atta tli existing order of society or thought whether hi attack is well founded or not. The true liberal is characterize I me t oi all by tolerance. 1 le is tolerant ot the new but do not i pudiate the old simply because it is II is i id to i\ rea ns for lus new belief, lie admit that when a new prophet appears the w rid is en