HITLER TYPIFIES WORLD DECAY

Evening Star, Issue 23679, 12 September 1940, Page 2

HITLER TYPIFIES WORLD DECAY

“ We have become diseased nationally and internationally, and Hitler, whom we blame, is just the particular running sore. There are three fallacies; the end justifies the means, pleasure justifies itself, and success justifies any- • MbHvery great philosopher and teacher has proved' false the statement that the means are justified by the end; tha means always determines the character of the end, you can’t create good from evil. ' . - “ The idea that pleasure justifies itself is as old as the Epicureans. By this. theory, sadists. are 3 ustified. That this hedonistic philosophy flourishes i* a sign that degeneration has set in. Recovery for our generation will b« found when we have something else to live for other than our own pleasures, “ It is an orthodox dogma of American life that success justifies anything. Success covers a multitude of sms. Hitler, the most successful man in human history, is teaching us what it is to justify means by its end, to be a sadist, and have pleasure at any cost, and that success justifies anything. Success embodied in such a mas and bought at such a price stands forever damned. Living in an ape that no longer thinks straight ethically, the first step to rediscover moral law is to confess our sins and pray God for mercy .”—(Rev. John Haynes Holmes, minister of the Community Church, New York).