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The Test *‘lt is comparatively easy,” said Mr Middleton Murry, in a speech reported in the Oxford Times, “to be a Christian, to go to church and to believe that Christ was the ideal for humanity, but when it comes to making up your mind that you don’t care a hoot about persecution, and about losing your own life in the cause of peace if it will really help to bring mankind to peace, that is a very different kettle of fish. What is going to bring peace to the world to-day is the determination of men and women who have come to the conclusion that any condition of the modern world is better than modern war. No matter what people are fighting for, if modern war is to be used for achieving those ends, then those ideals become diabolical delusions. Nothing can absolutely secure peace to-day—you ha ye tjj
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20507, 25 May 1938, Page 6
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154TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20507, 25 May 1938, Page 6
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