THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
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“Thoso who framed the treaty which disarmed half Europe and put it at the mercy of the other armed half, acted on the theory that the world was divided into good and had people. The bad were too had to deserve protection, and the good were so good that they could he trusted with unlimited power. The devastating thing was that most of the intellect of his country defended that view. As leaders of the forward movement we have to make people understand that such an argument is contemptible, We have to make them understand that there is such a thing as a moral obligation to be intelligent. We must create the tradition that those people who indulge in that kind of intellectual sloth are contemptible. We must set up a fashion of acknowledging intsliaetual- responsibility. In the peace treaty we rioted in an instinct.”—Normal Angell.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1923, Page 2
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152THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1923, Page 2
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