The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

As to judging our own time, and thereby gaining some basis for a judgment of future possibilities, we are doubtless not only too close to it to appraise it but too much formed by it and enclosed within it to do so.

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.

There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.

We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner. We are asked to be patient with necessarily slow and groping advance on the road forward, and to be ready for each step ahead as it become practicable. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for hard work, and to cherish large and generous ideals.