The War and the Future

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THE

WARAND TEFUTURE

Jn Jddress

BY

Thomas Mann


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THOMAS MANN IS CONSULTA IN GERMANIC LETUR

THE LIBRY OF CONRESS AD THE FOLLOWNG IS THE TEXT

OF AN RESS ELIVERE Y R. MANN IN THE CLGE

UIOUM THE LIRARY OF CONGRESS ON THE EVEING

OF OCTOBER

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LADIS AND GETEMEN'

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OWADAYS, t is t y but a ar ppr ivsituati t std up a plat bhid th

spaks dk ad s th y a audic tudtward yu with iqui d pctacy. I say

w," but his situati which may b atura th m acti d mpui, r pliici ad paym, h i truth aways b strag ad apprprat th tit, th pt, th musicia idas ad wrds, a stuati i hich h h r lt quit at hm r h bcm,

t a crtai tt, utru t his w atur. Th lmt stag ad ui li, him, i t v atur th tas i spakig i cmmittig himsl, tachig, i statig cictis ad ddig piis Fr atst, th pt, h absrbs l th mm ad tlctua tden, th cun and spirtu contn of th tim ndalws m t act up him; h is act by al thm,

dg hm al mtay, gi thm ad i ths waym iu th tt cultur pictur hs im r his ctmpry wrld a r pstrity H d t prach prpagdiz; h gi thigs a pastic ity, idirt tthig but cmmittd t caus cpt that rdm, iria bctivity. H d t spak hi; h l th

sp d v wh h is t a dramatist, is cditis ath th drama, Shakpar, whri th p whhapp t b spakig is ways ght. T spak his psiility is rig t him, budm d aig H, c iy, a dictca atu ad ks th truth that i ths wds Sbad ma spict, bgit ma

sch z ir" [ s a m sps, r bi]. H

agr ith Tugiv, wh said Wh I dcib a maad say that h h a pitd , a lg chi ad whithair, rd ch, lg tth, hat h is cryd, hat hs y ha ths cl ad that pr , it ct btradictd It is a chrul aity. Thr is ig t b saidagast it. But wh I dd a pii, a ctradict imdiatly b aid agaist it. It c ays aid;


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e opposite can also be defended, d must not ony tento aount tat I will meet wit exte ontaditon to myon-sdd posion b I o condicion in mntelly, d, in denng this when cottng mf to on

ont of view, I enoune my feedom"That s te, d yt thee ae momen, toric condtons, in whi it would pove to be wek, egoistc and woyunimly to inst upon one's feedom ctcism d yaway fom a conf ion of fath. I me THOSE momen d

THO histoical onditions in whih Fdom itslf, by whithe fedom of the tist a exis, s endangered. t

actionay, upuous, d suiid, d te ntelectu undein his own eistene, if though his need fo feedom

e plays into te hds of the enmi ns of feedomTh enemi ae only too appy if mnd onside notingbut the ionial atttude worthy of ilf, if it dpis thedistintion btween ood and evil, d onsde e poupation wi ideas suh fedom, th, justie bou

gois" In etan onditons it is te dty of the ntletuto noune is feedomfo te se of feedom. t duty to nd the ouae to a de ove whih the intelectual snob in tat e shug s soude avead te piene in Amera when sping on democayd my belief n it, tat me highbow jouist whowanted to a his ial spu, would say that I had exd middle-l ide" He w p ing a fase dationa onept of the banal, a mneption wt wchI ha aleady beome l wel aqnted in Europe. I thinkin of Pais at a tme whn I disuing Brdand his libl Euopean stue to mantn te peae, wthmemb of the bougeosie who w aleady stongly n m ut, my dea nd tey woud say,Qu voulz-vous av vote Bid? Tat is te wot banity, dune tivialite insuppotable." Wht the high-bow jounalist w haateizin with mdle ide" i atualynotin els thn the libal adton. It s the complex ofid f feedom nd po, of humantaanm, of ivilizationin sho, the lm of eon to dmnate the dyns


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of nature, of sct of bld, of the unconcous, he prmtve spontey of fe. ow t is by no meas natura for hast, for any human beng who stans n any relatonshp tote creatve, to be etely tng of reon e me leaed

He ve well no te mpoance to fe of te surationa a superratona powe of nstinct and rea; dhe is not at l nclne to overrate the nteect the guad mouler of lie. He s fa !rom beng an enemy of stnct. He recogn tat te reco fro the rations ofhe egteent an nneteenth centu w storcaly andntelectualy jute, w nevtable an neca, but t w

cr and mmoerate; a f one ha te agnaton toforee how te rraton, the ar mcs, te glorcatonof nstnct, e wop of boo ad mpuse, te wll topower an Clan vta" an th cr de batalle anthe justication of volencehow al the e woud oo,when tralate fr the ntellectua sphere, where tey wereve ntetng an fcnatng, to te spere of realty, of

potcsf one had magnaton enou to foree ts, tere speely evaporate to st upon ths se of the boat,where al a sun, anay, own to the lt petty scbblera beerha eagogue were to be foun. It s a terrble

spectacle when atonasm becom popua. One feel tatdsaster s mmnent, a saster such the onese overvuaton of reon coul never brng about. The overvaua

ton of en can coca n optstc peatry andca be mae to l rculous by the eeper powe of fe.But t do not evoe cattrophe. That is brought about oyby he enthronement of t-reon. At a certain pero whenfcs t over poltcaly n Gey a Ity, whennatonasm bece t focus a unversa expron of lte tenenc, I w convnced hat nohng but war adgeneral tucon coul be the a outcome of th ationstic ory, and tat n shor order. What eme neca whe memo of other vau, of the dea of democracy, ofhumy, of peace, ad of huma freeom ad gniy. tw s sde of human nature tat needed our hep. The not h htt der hat ren wl ever an compt


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cendancy, at tere could eve e t much eon onear. Tee no danger tat people il me day becomeeoon age, wch, to be ure, would be ve dul Buttat ey oud becoe be, hch a me of fact

woud be a ie oo nerng, a, we have een, cead aen T tedecy i muc ronge in hubeg an e anec angec oe, d it i only nec,oug gene gorcaon of ininc to et free te evo wc ar awa ready to apropriate uch a gorconto tev in oder o brng e bal tendenc ntoiua cendancy I i ea ad e-nduget o ro

of on he e of naure aga e mnd, at i o ayon e de wc i any ce away te roger Smpegeero a g ee of une ronby ouddece u o ec n ou te poo e ae of nda reon uo er t it may ne a w u a ebeer

Free and juce ave long ced to be bana; tey

v; ad to t of em boing, impl en accepance o e fciic pudo-revouion fraud hatioence d ms-dcepon e lt word d motpodae. he bee mind ow tat e ealy new thng te word hich the iving prit caed upon to ee

omeing oaly derent, nel, a oca democc and ahuani whic, inead of beng caugt in a coardy reavi, ave te couage once more o dingu eweengood nd evi

T i what te Europea peopl dd. Thy refued toubt to ev, to Hier' New Oder, to avery Ad oud like o ake t opporuny o a a ord in honoof i now deely derd par of te eh It may wel

be a we uropean wil only pay te pa of "Graecu the Roman ord of powe tat wi ie out o ti hoe caita wll be Won, London d Mocowbut dnutve oe oud not decee ou uiberde ou od homed ow much eie, how much duou oud i have en o e urope peop ey had accepted Hie nfou ew Ode e a


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ecociled thlv o lavey; if hey had, it cle"colaborated wh Ni Gey They have o doe o a ge one o . Y o mot brt trorm fmyrdo d executio have o ucceeded breakg

the wl to . O the cora, th rce h olyow rog ad he m outragou of l the Ni l tat o a uied Europe deedg hol o agantthe vo oreg; he orege aga who hehol po u b deedd are ey e N ado o l. Oly a corrupt uppr-cru, a treou gang rwo og holy bu oey d advage collabora

ig wh e T people hav red collaborao and the vco of All more clry ouled h or condt do oppoo o opprso come. Sve lloeole have ee depored o eorced lar; almt a llohave bee exued ad rdrd; e thouad more are pnd l r cap. Nowhadig e uv eroc bal cou. ay: ll horo h peopl o rpe Tey are gg our bae T our all ad ey de o be rad our allSloly very loly do drawng ar ye r acyi idoabl Te de our codce; y hould allowd o hae er way o clea ou h powe wo haeberayd he ad led io e hey dee o pok o i rak d redly way tha their bel ayo be hake at e liberao e realy cog lberaoad o o e to e ower of e old decayed, ddpd orde

Bu i peg o Europe, cot omi m o coutd take fo grated tat you wh to he from me a probl about i relaohp to e world, aut how t

could pbly have o ito e codiio i whch we d ttoday; the quio of the commo robity o e Gema eople or the mdee of te N. h e pafd complicaed matepec whch oe c cecocae word o he, who i h live ogeir ow eople, i complee hao wi tem uhale f e cau of eole, d who e te

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gt entscay for tat cause T perfecy naturagd fortune s dened us emgr, not t entusim andte stggle for t cause. We batte. But t s our dtyto ca on batte aganst our own and and am, of

wose coptn we e connced; agast te land wosespeec te sprtual matera wc we work, agt teand n wose cutur we ar rted, wose tradto we caron, and wose dscape ad atmospere sod be our naturseter

You wl say to me: We are a gtng for te se caue cau of umity. Tere no distincton betwen yo

and us" Ceranly, but it s your good fortune to b able todntify yol wit cau of your pople, of yourgtin forc, of your gomnt; and wn you see tembol of Amercan soity, t Sta d Strip, you pps not nly ptriotc noug tat your at bawt prd n your tot and tat you brk nto loud uabut you k upon tis emblm wit a feeling of om, wit

sympat and condenc, wt ca prde and eatfelt opwi we. You c scarcely conceie te feelngs wiwc w ook upon te prnt natona emblem of Gye swtka We do not ook upon t we look awy We wouldratr lk at te ground or at te sky, for te sigt of ebol under wic our pople ar gting for ter eistncor rater delude temse tat ty are gtng for ateistence, mak us pysaly sick You do not know oworbly strange, ow dttable, ow socking it s for us tose te swtkaomntd enance to a Gan consulateor mb Now I ae tis epeienc only n te cinma wn I n ZUc oftn of te o of te Gm reprntate wt te omnou

ag upon t, ad I conf tat I ways made a wde detour on would about a cae of oo, an outpt of murderoubarbarism, extending nto te ram of a frendy ciizatiounder we protecton I ed. Geya geat name, aword wc c wt t undred of omey d rpectedpleat d roud cato. nd now word, a naeof teor and of dedly wde nto wc een our dre


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do not dare to tranpo Whenever I a tt me unhappy pon a been "taen to Germany, receny thepary eade fro Man who ha ige te -fcitmanifto, or Roman Ro who i ai hae died i

a Gean concentaon cp, cod hude up dow my back. To be "taken to Grmany, that i te wotTo be ure Muni h been taen to Gey, but Idoubt whether een he i happy under Hier' protection

What abnoa, morbid conition, my friend abnod morbid for ayone, but peciay for wter, the beaerof a pirtua tradition, when o count becom the

mot oie the mot forei ! d now I thin not ony of u out hee ie, I nay to remember toe peope who tl ere, te Germ m,and to tink of e crue compuon whch ty h forceupon te Gean pirit Beiee me, for my there he fathera h bcome trge it for u; "inner emiation of miion i there awating te end jut a we Tyawat en that i the end of te w and there can be onyOE en The eope i Gey in pite of tei trgdioon are we awe of it, and yet tey ong for it in piteof teir natur patrioti, in pite of their natona conciencThe eer prent propagada h dpy impsupon teiconcioun the pretended peaeny dtuce u ofa Ge defeat that in one par of thei being tey canota\oid faring tat defat more ta yig in th wordAnd et there one tig wic many of them fear more ta Gan defeat hat i a Gan ctor oe ony occionay, at momen which ty theme regard crimina, ut ote with compet cary peenyatoug wit pag of concince, too mane tat you

er forcd a our w ad op to oppoe anric icto a great mfoune for te enre wori ou can igne tat ou can pace ouref in te pitionof te peope T attitude h become te tny of uncountd Geran and cat hep feeig that diy of a paicuar uncomony tragic nature know thatother nato, too, hae been put to e tio of wh


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fo he dee of eir goveen for o ske d forhe sk of the geerl future. Bu mu isis t in view ofhe llge cedulus d the dire or loyly heGe chcter he diemm i tis ce i pecily cue,

nd cno rist eg deept emen gist wh hve fced he Gen ptii ino such psiion

e eope hve been deuded duced ito crimt c to High Hven. They hve beun to te for themnd hey will te eve more seveey cn be theise;oon mori or, ou wsh divie jusice demd .ut we ou here who sw disaster cmig, w wh ed o

our compto itoxicted by frudun reoluon, edo ll he r he wd, were convid tht the Ni uleculd ver brig ythig exce wr, tct, d ct-phe, we see n re dierece betee ht which tscoudes hve de u nd wh tey hv d urpeope t hme. We hte e crp l dy whch rids the wrld f them. But wit vey few exceio we re fr rom being vici wtchd emigr-hred gist u o ld and we do n dire he dtc-n o our peop. e cn de i spsiblity, frmehw m s rpsible r hi beig d dig; bu were ther incid o sek o n histri cue dk dynd beion thn crime d gult.

The c Gey is r h e such cusig dcmpiced oe bcuse i i gd d vil, the beutiu dhe dett r cmed ad bedd in siur wy.or eamp t sic peoiy Richd grh te bn metid i cnecti h th hemeo til sciism, d M. A. Hi' perece r his n poined ou p whih on ould

ike t prtct r d whch eh, is ithutsinicc nd itructive meig Th r volutin, thugh up n icmpably hihr pe, phemo etd t the nt cilist revuti ctbe denid ht wk such the the "Rig he Niblug isfundetlly dictd gis the whe mod cutue divin i e i whch hey w dmi sic h

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Renance and tha his work i mxure of pmvend fury addr ielf o a non-exisen world of a l folk The rsace the ngnaon whch arose weredireced much lagains he rvolutona aspc of fo

or becase i roke wih he laws of operac from whichi obvosly divrged The opposiion arose fro a oly differen surce The Gea Goehe disciple who knew hisFaus by hea gve uerance o ang d conempuous pro a wellfounded pro ce frm the sil xsng clivaed world of Gea clicsm th wch work w a o break The culivaed Gan burger

laughed a the Wagalawaa d he aieraion busin arbaros nonsense which can ready b udeood Theexraorna one can say he plea suc wih whichevenuy his ar me in he mode world e world of heneaon ourgeo Lk n noad inlecual smuli was a paradox For we mus no forgeha i m for a oay dieren public than he capiaisc urgher world namely for he romi Volk" wchs so e ideal of naion cism

The agner revoluion w archaic oe in whic reacona d fuursic elemen were mngld in he mospeculia way He is always iered in e Ur-epic he ogina d uos spliciy he pre-convenion ad pre-soci

Oy his him a heme suiable for : his work e Ge conrbuion o he monumen a of he neeenh enury which ook the fo in other naions prmariyof grea socia-poeical novelsDickens Thakeray TolsoyDotovk Blz Zol. Th monmnt or tt ra simir endency oward moral grandeur ere p excellence he European neeen cenu he lerary world of

soci riique The Ge mafaion of his greanknows ohing of sociey ad do no wan o kow i Forhe ci is no music ad aogeer no suable for aiscproducons The only suiable hem for a e he myhicd purely human on he unhisorica iel Ur-poeof naue and of he he d ou of he deths he e

spiri ea peraps he grea d mos beauiful g

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that th cnt h to or h noncia Urpot s iact anys on spca m ypc and damaatioa natr hich drtiat it rom h othr Erpan nationa mnds and Btn Zola d Wagnr

ymbolic natram of ogoMaqaovls and Wars thr ar many smait. I am otthing oy of h "lof. Bt th ntal and typicationa drc l in th soca mtaty of th Frch-m d h myhica Urpotica qiy of th Gaorld Th complicatd qton: "What i ?" civ pra bt ansr in h folaton of hs dir

nc Th Ga mntaiy is nialy indirnt to caand poliica qtions Ths sphr i ttrly forign to iLThs s ot to b ndtood mrly ngaivly bt c

actaly sa of a vac of a lack f a dcncy and itis probably t that in tim h h cia problm domit hn th da of cia and oomc qaiy of ajstr conoc ordr is flt by v art cocos thmost vita ad rgnt problmat ndr sch crcm-stanc ths dcincy hich oftn itfl do not makth happit ipr on d lads to disaony ith h gn- i of h orld. Facd ith ndiat probl dcicy lad to attmp at ltio that eviv c imprint of a myhica sbstitt for gniy ci

It is not diclt to rcogniz in scal nation socasm amythica sbsttt of th Traslad from poltical tr-miolo into th ychologica nationa ciasm man: "Ido not ant t ca at all I t h olk fata Bt in p rm f bm a murdru i

ad d Gntm it i hobl ad hmiliatng tobhold th civlzd orld obligd to gt to h dath agait

h pliicy ditortd l of an ve folk faita hichi i arlr spirta pry had gv t orld mch that batfl In for m t ioct d idastcbt this idasm bgan to b ashd of itslf and bcalos of th orld and of raiy. "Gay is Hlt it to b said "Tatna d gdnknrch [lackng indds d c i ought] Hldr cd it; bt t pr

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feed o ch n deeds, even n deeds, d pr nouh. "Deuchd Deuchad er all a me heed of German phlsophy Neche eed. Ths jealousyo he word ad rey w nhng u jealu f poical

an. And because s w fre he Ge nd,pii were udeod a realm of alue cycsm andachavelanism The Geas were encuraged n hs npreaon by he appearace f Bsarck who hugh nowhou a cen any o he ye f he w a manof volence who penly dpsed h deolgc. Gelieras who exsed afer a cdred him aavsc d

racona. d ye, becau of "r, he w admred a poical genius, alugh he w by n mes bru he Ges unde o be, for Bc hada keen appreciaton of he impoe of moral iponderal Bu o hs Germ felwcze, eve mral embllshmen and jusicaon of pow olics seed purehcrsy, d never woud a pBsarckan Gean have

be abe say s Cardnal Mn dd, "Pl is a po mra. Uimaey hyocrsy s a cmpmen o vrueIt mpl e rcgnn of mral dds n prncpeere s a derence weher he Tn Cmmandmens ep he ce he world ovr r weher ey aredopped cly and solemly Te Gean wen e wan be polcal, s ha al mory and humay m ro verbard A Frechm said: "Wen a Germanwsh o be gracefu e jumps u f e wndow He d h h U l H h fr his purpse he mus dehumane he. We d wel se n nanal socalism an expe f hs jumpng ou e wndw, an aggeraed overcmesan f he Gea

lck of pcal ae.D h prove a he Gean chacer s fundenallyraed nao socalism d ha h Gean naure shereny unchangeabe? There may me paal ru nis, bu one mus n forge how many humane d, n heb democrac endenc were acive n Ge lfeendenc whc h had cmmn wh e grea world


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f Occidenta Chrit civzain d wic wee wa psed t naiatc babim We m n fge a eHr pr nvr a ra majr f v d a te pr b irie ad terr, b cup d'ta

A the beii f the pre a, ee wee me whudred thuad peple n Ge nenain , a hi f he my tens f hus f vici f em h ere tued deah i Ni c d Gtael Even day unceme appe te Ge pf execun f caled atin rait whe e numbewe d n k a l limied umbe e pbed f -

p f iidai i fte d ha Ge yu bee hpell crupted b ana cialim, bu even atk pae in h Uiveit f Munich, wc reaed uc ar i Aerica prve ha w, a lt, afer e expeencf ea, Ge yuh i eady pu i head n e eutie' blck ut f cnvict a naial iais afu btion nd r upr f Grm ad f Erpe. F he e f jce the thg mustbe put i the the ide f the ca. N hat Gey dh German pepe hud reieved f d f rpibili Lked a frm a mra, pedaggia pi f vew,afte e appaing pde, te inxusable upeiiy atn in which he unr ved f my ye, i fa a

t, ca be t dep; d, fter l tha h happeed, itd t becme us emig advise the vi wGea huld be reaed ha e cn fuue sudt be t heavil burdeed b thei decii e pe f

iber America Neite Gey nr he Gean eplehuld be teied r dred Wha ud be dtyed ha fa pe mbiain, he wld eang ia-

ti f the uker, the ay eneal, d heav duTe Ge pepe ud n b prevented bu sd helped t hate frever e dminain f the gu put hrh the ready verdu agrian ef, s, big abt he ea, the t, e puifyig evlutin whne ca ehabiia Gmy he ey f e wld, f tr, d wn ey, d e f e a a e


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furefor tis future for te new world of uty d cooper-aon for hich we hope the Ge spit is by no mans his-to ee un. W shoud pyoogsenough to recoze that ths moous Gean attpt at

word dominaon whch we now see ending cattrhicays nog but a distorted and unfortnate prion of atuniveis ate n the Gean chacter which oerlyhad a muc higher purer nobler fo and which won the

spathy nd admation of the word for this mport people. Power poi corpted uveism d te itito ev or whenever uveism becom power poit

hen humity mt and defend i liberty Let us tstat Ge unveaism w again nd te way t i odpace of hnor tat it w forever renoce e won -bition of or conqut d that it w agn prove ielf word ymah, word undetd, open-dedn dspirtu enrichment of e world.

Wisdom the treaent of the defeated opponent s drabe onl ecause of a feeing of shared gut Th worlddocraci, whch 98 were poion of uimtedpower fald to do ything to prevent the camity whichwe e livig today The pacication of the wor rugh re-fos d te sasfaction of hum need for ustc whichnow preocupy e whoe word coud have been realized at

tat tme hs would have prevented the ri of the ictatod e hole dynic expive phiophy of hte; butfcism of which nationa ci is a pecuiar vtion, snot a specilty of Gey. It s a sicn of e tim whichis evehre at home and from which no count freeever could the regi of violence and fraud in Ity andGeany ave maintaine themselv even for a month, had

they not et with a ve gener d disgracefu spathyfrom the eonomicly leadg and thereo, fom thegoveen of the democrac countr.

I ceaiy would un examination in Mi. Butthough I now tat fism has is ieocal side mustbe undetood s a fata camitous reacin agst eraonalisti humanism of e nieteenth centu, I mut admi

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that I vsuize it a poiceconoc movemen acounterrvoution pur sang A such it is attempt of al heo socia a economc reacio tu popad teir aspiratio for happin to prevent a cia prog-

rby attachg to it the frightening ne of Bolshevsm. Inth y of Wte coative capitai fism w(rkly a bulwar against Boshevsm d at everythingthat ey wished to under this ne eciay since hea purg of June 193 in which evething that w

sociasc in naon m w dtroyed d te odpwer combiation of Jue y d inust w saved

T bloody act w clevery aimed gn iteation sup-prt of te Ni regme For it demotrated to he Wt ata ge of power had ten pace in ey but not a ruion that threatened the existing economic system. It in-dd m m rdr" in abd nof he word. There w a ite disgust wth e aociti com-tted but no ncnation to me the regie intely im-pibe by dipomac ation a rt which at at timecoud have been ey achieved. Here w he curio phe-nomenon of a ced "revoution which had he supportroughout he wod of eve reaction of eve "Comitd forg of enemi of freedom and o ci pror we of e aristocracy of y "Fauboug St. eain

of ciety peope of the nobiity o royist geners d ofthat part of e Cahoc Church which se in Chrisaniyaove this hierarchy humity and devout adherce toth exising order

Fied aha oeri is the penitionhe vevoous penicationf this power compex of heJnker the miia d indust a grotue mixture of e

orioss bedecked with medals ad the ig businman He is the ter of the ean Europe idustrimonopoy since the subection o Europe which came into be-in by undeining e mor ristance of e democraticwe d with the aid of a ve gener sueptiiity to thefacist bcilus The peope are iving or persing i impotentreolt agnst the new order. Watever "coboration

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coaaon of h ich, of h binua o v Fur h rr hy po y hback mak co a Mon Co, hi h pop aving d bcom h acic of Gy' nd con-

iac o an and o uin h oay and hysicyI a in h y of W consaiv capiis,fi my h buk agi Bohs d againsvhig hich a undood y h od vy aoiaion hich fcism ad inay accd ih-ou h izaion h i x coa a Phapth no obcion vn o ha In Fac, o xap,

and da m of ovhong h Rpubicand of inging aou h naion, o fcis vouionTh f

cist i bacd by h foin o i i chaos, disgad of uic and ducion ofcuu, hy od o s od, bauy and cuiycuiy no fo h po bu o h o, cuiagai cia pog Wih a banc f usic dic-

ao cud shou "Wha do h pop ? Why ahy udny mng wa on u? hy no ony ocy ou poco ad ao? Thy pacd us in hdd d cud u in i by nancing us, paiing us, ang us od u on a a h xa ucc ihich annhad ou ina opposion Suy don' man i Thy hav no innion of doying fciScy, h o i Thy ghin haf-hdy h ndc indciion of hi i ou oction To b u, hy a oy ging h upphd on h bad bu if ony connu h ong ib h in dinc btn h i wco o an opn bak d ha o b i W h

a h agai h W d avoid

uncondiionaundThy a miakn and i ho i b cshd C

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of he wrld They ar und in th bate ag umdgrdn whch is wh the conqu o world byf wuld m. Thy und in h be o fredomand je Bu wa o rdom d c can ony b

wged wh he ppl and or he people, and we snereyhp h h hg wll no hppn a happn ehe w wh Nplen. Ths w wer calld "w or lng hy ld, he peopl, wi thrr r rd, were nedd d h ghng; bu aerwrds y wr inerpred "w o lbern nly frforegn opprn th peple mgh be robbd of h

e rvury ru o v.A h e i th yr 83 the pr and e goe

m wr n ghng h agns Npolon gnshe rv wh swrdber he Eprr w bu thp wr gven udnd th hy wr ghng rre [ wnd wheer you d n l, I d, the de

hs nnn l me mke shor rmrk u heid ry Dmocray is o ou n he n cl, deand of mjoriy o usc and q righ. I jusd mad from below Bu in my ey i is mr bauiul i i s gd wll, gnerosy d lv omgfrm he p dwn. I do no onse i demratic ll r Sh r l Mr. Jn slps Bhv o hebak and shu "Hw ar yu, old m Tha s n mry bu d a lk o ling f rnc.Bu whn Bhvn sngs: "Be embraed, y millons, k l h wrldh deracy. Fo he coul y"I gre gnius d smethg qu specia, bu thpl ar mb; I much proud an parcula mbr hem I cals them hs boh chldren ne Faher in Hen, wh is hs ow. Ths democracy n i high fo, f emoe rom demgoand aring wing o m. I ha aways suib knd of dmacy bu is cy th n w fe eepl ta th is nothing mor abmnabl cpon of t m y of opl. M n


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appi yea wee hoe, when i he e o a ae peae,o appeen, he popl wee d ou o i Theae o Czeholoaka a e uni oneene w ho hoile and huiliain poliia exp o li

and no onl I e o, u l den pople hoo wold

In Mah 193 a yea eoe I Gan I delvd leue in hono o Goee ena a he Pn Aadey o A i Blin a ph whh lod wh he wod:Th d \hh ho oda ll an o a ul,o a doai o, hi ah hoe d

upon h ll mainained aih ha wha i powe yenemi pend o ale o do nal o ad he aead i onoy o ino a new wold, doa do Thi wan whih a a e w an o eiizen o e Gean uli oud oday diedowd he iz o e e Odna wold I doay h no e ouae in h wold and aead o elyupon e popa o, o sc in i a a wa o he popled v owd a nw a , ad a j wold e woldo oi doa on h o hand dl o iown eoluona ado i all el wi e poweo he od od a en ode, o aoid a any p whai al aah o due ee evoluiona den ene aih o he Eoan pople wo have n oppd i, wl exhaued an all o h, Geany , wu owad h powe o he Ea in who oiai e ideao indiidua eedo no lone h a pae

You peeie Lad and Geneen, ha I do no iuaize idea o huiy a i in whh he idea o eqayoply ouwh ha o do So I hadly an be

eaded a hpon o ouni Neehl I annoelp ein a e pi e o e We wod o em ounim i e by wh he ha lonmained ee i mewha upeiio and did one o e a oli o ou epo Comum oday e boe o ueoe, ea imoay w Gey in 1880 Ud Bmak


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cm w he um of cuotth ructio an iuton o chotc anrchy. I ca t he our choo prncp hout t ome nughty boy who hd fce tb bnch wth ther pocket knv: You have behve ke

oc emocr Tody he woud y ke commun!for th oc mocrat h n th mentme become ahorough rpctbe pron whom noboy fe.

Pe undrtn me correcty. Communm i a hrpycrcumcrbd potc economc progr foune upon thecttohp o one c the protrt bo of the hitorcmterim o the nntenth centu: in hi fo t i the

prouct o prtcur perod n ubjcted to the chng oftme But von t i much odr n contn at the metm mn tht bong ony to future wor It i oerbcau rdy te rgou movmn of the te MeAg hd an ctoogc communt chcter; even then theeth wtr ir wd ge h n br wre to b com-mon property, the or were to work for thei y bred burdn nd ta were to be one awy wth. In th enecommunm i oer thn M the nnetnth centuBut t bon to e future n much wor that wbe when w are gone who ouin re bgnnng to emergea n whch or chdrn n grnchdrn w ve cacrcy be mgne whout certin communic raithmen wthout the fundent dea of common gh oownehp d njoment o rthy goo, wthout a progrive equzton of cerenc, wthou the righ to wornd t dt o work or A count o Aerc couragou progrvty whch h never en orign n heponr prt gv u prmonto of th comng wor in equtrnm n in feeng tht work digrc noy

The common poon of opportunt for enjoyment an eucton re agy chev. The whoe wor mok the ecgrett e the m ce cre, e the e mov heath me muc on the ro; evn the erence n cothng ippearing more an more n the coege tudent who e way through coege, whch wou hve been very muchnea h cdty i urope, ere a commoace


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Why o I meto ths? Becu I peue wz USTN BE AFR, e mt ot fe or sp ie "comu." Fo f t ur of ourg to ou nSoca ch e deelopmen msc. For the ly

ms e music s i, lccophony, the iuo of rt, the e of gs It is reecte the e c atch up becom accusome to the new. Ty t s sccely belieable tht Mozt t t seeme turgi, honc y eaagant, that Ver compso ithonzett terbly cut, Beeoe uedurably bize,Wgner criy futursc, Mher compreheible nse.

I ee ice, he hum e cught up sloly, for pepleeed mc, d they e to fee music hteer the u-sic prodc, ot elbertey, ot recy but he JUST cause the Zeigeist historic deopmnbe t

The se tg t place e c el. The eucaiof e pond to t duton of orgn w

cle the c cocience. Wht sotio octions, he te place sce e d he muraene erefed the h of lng sl, ag sce the beging ofthe indsr epoch riae proper is ndoubedl smengfndenl hman B ee wihin or on leme, owchge s the cocept of property rgh! It h beceeee n mited not undeied through ihences to hch i some c approach conscaonnu freedom hich s cly related to property rhs force to ust tself to the colece em d,rough the coue of yea, made hs chnge most imerceptiby he ea of freeom, oce reouto iel, realze the soeeignty of tion st, is eperiecing ce

moications, hat is new equilibriu s being sght, ben t to fundnt d of mod dory from n euity. he one s slowy moded by the oher.The ereity of naionl stt is being ce upon to aesacrc for of he common good ommo goo cmmutythre you he the rt of the fgheing ord byme of hch Hiter mae coqu. I het te sliht


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t doubt that te wol an evyay life ae moig, nolevoln, towa a ia tutue fo wi the cphitt "om-munt etvey eqte te ommunl fo

ie utu epenene rponii ommn

rgh to te enjoent o eaty goo rut teve loe etionip o e wo ntion ntmay ulting fom tei pos wo ee e eveone igt t ive w intton eveone' one.

Do not imgine t wt I am ayng mean t I av only o t new n te unte By that I wu eome

nitfu t mye Neve i the tit ony e ptagonitan pophet f the new ut al the ei an epitoy o teol Away he bin oth te new out of taitin Jut Iam f fom enyng the vu of the bougei po twhh t agt at f m a jt I aae tat the m of te tim n te poblem o teoing peae e not meely f evoutna but of ontutive o toative nate Eve n aganitia peava we now expeiening i inevitby ollowe by movement of totion T nee toeabli i impeatve te eman o enew Watnee to e etabie moe tan ying e te ommamen o iion of Chtinity whih \e been tonefoot by ae evolution Fom the ommanmenmut be eive the unamnta law une whi te peop te utue wi ive togete an t whi wi ve tpay eveene o ea pation o te wo n ooption o e peple fo te ommon goo n o um prg wi be ibe un u bi w tiewi notwitting naton ivei liy mt

vai fo al n eoize y Magn C of igh guteeing te iniviu i euiy in jtie nvioability igt to wok t te enjyent ieFo univeal i my te Aein B Rg moe.

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d mor motiona intrt in humiy and i fat, in ipona pion btwn th ra of natur and mind i mst and i dtiy wi mr a humanisti impu whih vn now s aiv and atv th bt ha and

mds. This w humism wi hav a dirnt haratr, adirt oo and ton th arir ratd movn.hs w humsm wi hav ndurd t muh to satisd with an optimisti navt and th dir to s huf throuh ry . It wi ak bombt. It wi awe of rady of human if wiout ttin thatawarn dtroy i oura and w. It wi not disavow i

riious a for i ida of hum dinity of t vauof th ndividua u, hanism trnds into th riiousConp ik frdom truth jus bon to a trbiooia sphr th sphr of th Aut to riioussphr. Opmism ad pism mpty words to thshumanism. hy an ah ohr i th dtinaton topr th honor of man in paths of sympathy ad duty

It to m that wiout suh a path th bis of hinin and doin, th strutur of a bttr happir wordt word ommunity that w wish to ahiv out of thprnt stru, wi b poi. h dfnse of reat bood and instint do not impy that i rativwr shoud ovrtiatd. Craiv aon is fnidd by r s an vr av ov.

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