Article July 8, 1922 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from G. F. Barbour, Walter Ripman, Emile Cammaerts, Winston Churchill

[Dr. G. F. Barbour on "World Unity," from the Record, Edinburgh, Scotland]

Dr. Barbour sees humanity ultimately as one, not in a state of drab uniformity, but in one, molded by the rich and varied heritage of the past and exhibiting all the colors and patterns which give beauty to the web of human life.

This unity, it is clear, cannot be imposed from without; it must be a unity of the spirit. Such a world-wide unity of interests is not a mere ideal, but is the practical goal towards which all things are tending. It is a genuine and ever widening experience. Science, he points out, is moving towards it; so is philosophy. Education is beginning to work along the same lines; in this connection, while recognizing the high value of the "public school spirit," Dr. Barbour says it may be questioned whether that value has not been won at the cost of exclusiveness and an inability to understand the point of view of other races and classes, or men trained in other traditions of thought and action.

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