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[Dean Warren said that in addition to attending the international roundtable, delegates had the opportunity for talks with leaders in State and international movements. They had found that the battle for world co-operation had been won on the intellectual front, was being won on the political front, but still had to be won on the people’s front. . . . The Dean of Christchurch, on his return from the United States as delegate tc the International Round Table of Christian leaders.] On the In-tell-ectual Front The World of ‘the Future is planned, The Hosts of Misrule are retreating And Everything's nicely in Hand; Nice Work! The Intellect has it in Hand. Along the Political Front The Cause is advancing, although The coming New Order has yet A little Bit further to g0; In Fact, Our Progress is steady, but slow. But the People--Ah, there is the Front Where Revival is lagging behind! World Unity hasn’t the Place That it should, in the Popular Mind. Ah, me! The People are still a Bit blind! The People, of Whom I am One, Perhaps are a Little obtruse, A Little inclined, when approached, To:ask with a Shrug, ‘What's the Use?" Their Part Is to wait, or to fight, or produce, So often has Intellect proved That a World torn apart can unite, And Politics promised the Moon, That the People are probably right To wait Till Utopia’s fairly in Sight!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 220, 10 September 1943, Page 3
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238Cold Water New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 220, 10 September 1943, Page 3
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