The Desire For Liberty Has Also Made

A Second Characteristic Of Our Time Is The Prevalence Of Nationalism. This Is Still Spreading, Affecting New Communities, More Peripheral Regions And So-called Backward Peoples.

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.

A Dark And Terrible Side Of This Sense Of Community Of Interests Is The Fear Of A Horrible Common Destiny Which In These Days Of Atomic Weapons Darkens Men's Minds All Around The Globe.

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.