Caption: Convocation - 1942 Winter-Spring
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/ M Him ah war, ( the immediate thi it ol it. the normal Id < blc i ( in (he i lation i iti ns to tlu state and i stat< to i Its advei sed nev* ordei is nothing bul old and famili; di ship, with military prowess guaranteeing to th< tuperioi ill r, md n extort, and the lighting ccasii nl\ when th< < prh il ;uish I have so full) a knov* \\ Iged tl»< thai the threat of violence will serv< - a sub titul tl ex< ise of it. It the a> w i aim, on the * ntrar). i wj mntn id some of its Allies, to make s ui < n order in whi i in live as I n ghbors and in which the i >nomi< and < I lit I ch - that bi I the dis< i Hitlerism will no1 n ur. T < w w r for the sake of peace has seem< I i me men a curiously jcical proposal. Yet il is now the plain m ssity i the I w< have learned that pea( on the level of fr< m and resj t, d - n I com< by wishing or fervent d< larations i intentii < tool end no one, especiall) not those whos< avowed aims threaten tat 'iial exi Peace rests on foundations that must be built, on - :ui mutual respect, foundations that will not be mad rn until i I i ily the present threat to cur liberties but the i uses that br that threat into being have been removed. I me then to what seems to me the final and inclusive answt tlu d i t a r i a n claim. But it is not an eas^ a n s w e r , n o r on< th. n ] int to an a* mplished fact for its verification. The totalitariai rests, - w saw, on an estimate of human nature t which th < < t litarian state and methods are held to be peculiarly suited. I tell < U tl I men do not want l be free, thai their will i n he tisth 1 bv jains for them, through the morally unrestrained exercis I II that national egotism and avarice can desire. It tells us further th those who cannot be persuaded l>\ what it promise in be intimidate wiped out, so that a state thus governed can be< >me, in >rt tim< a conquering expression n\ militarj and politi il powei Vnd \ ow that its practice to a considerable degree has verified its m ^ m nt. Is this. then, what h u m a n n a t u r e is like after all >metim ind u n d e r .some ( nditions, \ \ h e r e men a r e hew ildered l( and afraid, wher< the breakdown of old standards has left them with ut : ith even in their own integrity, they will find release from feat nd tisfaction for their pride in just such an "order" as this. No I w« MI|>|>< that onl) G e r m a n s , J a p a n e s e , or Italians a r e liable piritual dis< There, but for the grace of inn\ and the great H '1 f tune of our geographical, economic, and political situation, < go w any other people, Human nature is not a simple thing nor in all n a lov< one, The virtues on which democratic irovern n nt is premis I mak< i high demand on human behavior, Nui men will e> od j u d g m e n t and manifest ^UH\ will in their politi* 1 lion that they an willing to a. ept responsibility for what th
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