HEART OT CIVILISATION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1941, Page 7

HEART OT CIVILISATION

—_——.—,—„„ HIDEOUS FiGHT MUST GO ON. TYRANNY KILLS CULTURE A', e have *? t to go ii: with this hidmus light. I cannot see how we are to make ievm> with Hitler, much I long Im peace, write* Mr E. M. Forster, the mnMist. For one thing he tolerates no v. m o, .--'king m life except his own way A peace which was the result of ;< Nazi victory would surely not dilTer much from a Nazi war. Germans would no longer be killed, but th.ey would go on killing others until no one survived to criti- ’ else them. In the end. ‘hey might achieve world-domination and institute a culture. But what sert of eul-i lure would it be" What would they have to work with? For you cannot go or. destroying live;, and living pr<>ee:'-.*< s without destroying you: own life. II you continue to be greedy and dense, if you make , power and not understanding your : aim. if. ;..* a French frk nd . f mine j put it, you erect "a pyramid of u;.)iie-1 tiles on a foundation i f .stupidity," you I kill the impulse t<> create. Creation is I disinterested Creation means passion- t ate understanding. Crea'ion Les at j the heart of civilisation l)k" lire in) the heart of the earth. Around it arc I gathered its cooler allies, erilieisin. the i calm u*e of lh<- mtelk ci. .uforming | the mass ;md w.aiding it mto sh.um. J The intellect is mol <-ve, yilnm;—tee j Nazis are quite right there. Bn’ no > nr | can . insult the intellect a.- liny de j without becoming sterile and cruel. Wei know their cruelly. Wo should sOC ) their sterilit' if th-,.* org> of destruc- • lion were to stop, and they turned at | their Fuehrer's command to the pro- ! duction of masterpieces. 1