I would have people begin at home to discover for themselves the
meaning of brotherly love. A friend of mine wrote me the other day that
she wondered what would happen if occasionally a member of Congress
got up and mentioned in the House the existence of brotherly love. You
laugh, it seems fantastic, but this subject will, I am sure, have to
be discussed throughout the world for many years before it becomes an
accepted rule. We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for
it, pay for it in our own behavior and in material ways. We will have
to want it enough to overcome our lethargy and go out and find all
those in other countries who want it as much as we do.
Some time we must begin, for where there is no beginning there is no
end, and if we hope to see the preservation of our civilization, if we
believe that there is anything worthy of perpetuation in what we have
built thus far, then our people must turn to brotherly love, not as a
doctrine but as a way of living. If this becomes our accepted way of
life, this life may be so well worth living that we will look into the
future with a desire to perpetuate a peaceful world for our children.
With this desire will come a realization that only if others feel as we
do, can we obtain the objectives of peace on earth, good will to men.
THE END
Transcriber’s Note
This book contained no real illustrations. There were some simple
decorations, and they appear in the HTML version of this eBook.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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