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An open letter to Dr. Urey, August 29, 1946
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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. | 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 understanding, 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 | + | 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 understanding, 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 alone. 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? |
Organized religion has lost its hold on the rising generation. Its exponents have only too often leagued their voices with the voice of tyrants. Statesmanship has become the stronghold of political expediency. Channels of publicity are polluted with cunning propaganda designed to forward vested interests, Of all the disciplines of human thinking, Science currently has a magnificent chance of conveying to mankind a message of genuine hope, and of showing it the way to a grander civilization based on peace and good-will towards all. | Organized religion has lost its hold on the rising generation. Its exponents have only too often leagued their voices with the voice of tyrants. Statesmanship has become the stronghold of political expediency. Channels of publicity are polluted with cunning propaganda designed to forward vested interests, Of all the disciplines of human thinking, Science currently has a magnificent chance of conveying to mankind a message of genuine hope, and of showing it the way to a grander civilization based on peace and good-will towards all. | ||