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 First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally.

It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it.

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.

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.

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