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Paine, Merlin M., December 8, 1947.
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In a letter to you on November 15th, I have already commented on the ideas in your Atlantic Monthly article with particular reference to the following: "One strength of the Communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion. Unless the cause of peace based on law gathers behind it the force and zeal of a religion, it hardly can hope to succeed. Those to whom the moral teaching of the human race is entrusted surely have a great duty and a great opportunity." | In a letter to you on November 15th, I have already commented on the ideas in your Atlantic Monthly article with particular reference to the following: "One strength of the Communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion. Unless the cause of peace based on law gathers behind it the force and zeal of a religion, it hardly can hope to succeed. Those to whom the moral teaching of the human race is entrusted surely have a great duty and a great opportunity." | ||
| − | + | I am recognizing you as an expert on atomic issues. If your Atlantic Monthly article suggests that you have no responsibility for "the moral teaching of the human race", then I am hoping that you may be willing to commission me in your behalf on the moral side. | |
With my last letter I sent you a "Rough Draft" entitled "Building a Science of Opinion". Knowing how terrifically busy you must be, it may be an imposition on my part to assume that you have time to read such a document. However, it has been read by the secretary of the American Philosophical Society who writes: "My first reaction is that it is a sound, sober, and ambitious effort at intellectual reconstruction. How administratively feasible it may be, I, of course, cannot judge. But after I read it over more carefully I may have some suggestions." The letter further outlined how I might get consideration for the document at the annual meeting of the Society, just after Christmas. | With my last letter I sent you a "Rough Draft" entitled "Building a Science of Opinion". Knowing how terrifically busy you must be, it may be an imposition on my part to assume that you have time to read such a document. However, it has been read by the secretary of the American Philosophical Society who writes: "My first reaction is that it is a sound, sober, and ambitious effort at intellectual reconstruction. How administratively feasible it may be, I, of course, cannot judge. But after I read it over more carefully I may have some suggestions." The letter further outlined how I might get consideration for the document at the annual meeting of the Society, just after Christmas. | ||