We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals.
From Arthur Keith
Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.
Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.
Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.
A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.
I am a rank individualist.
The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.
In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.
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