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An open letter to Dr. Urey, August 29, 1946
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words conveyed. We hope you will make such a statement, so that our shaken trust in Science may be somewhat restored. | words conveyed. We hope you will make such a statement, so that our shaken trust in Science may be somewhat restored. | ||
| − | No, Dr. Urey, -- a thousand times no -- the alternatives pointed out by you between world-conquest, stock-piling of atom-bombs, or international control of weapons of warfare, are not the only | + | No, Dr. Urey, -- a thousand times no -- the alternatives pointed out by you between world-conquest, stock-piling of atom-bombs, or international control of weapons of warfare, are not the only alternatives facing mankind today. |
There is also the alternative of a world-wide, systematic, organized, integrated effort to disseminate throughout mankind, through every open channel and by every honest means, ideas of mutual under-standing, unbreakable solidarity, common goal, and indissoluble unity in diversity. We must show that selfishness and greed, whether national or individual, is a way of life which can lead ultimately to moral and even physical suicide along. We must educate men and women to think in terms of universality and genuine brotherhood. Who can do it better than Science at the present moment, pray tell us? | There is also the alternative of a world-wide, systematic, organized, integrated effort to disseminate throughout mankind, through every open channel and by every honest means, ideas of mutual under-standing, unbreakable solidarity, common goal, and indissoluble unity in diversity. We must show that selfishness and greed, whether national or individual, is a way of life which can lead ultimately to moral and even physical suicide along. We must educate men and women to think in terms of universality and genuine brotherhood. Who can do it better than Science at the present moment, pray tell us? | ||