Article May 5, 1934 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Astor, Henry A. Pearce, George H. McClung, George P. T. Sargent

[Lord Astor, as quoted in the Western Morning News and Daily Gazette, Plymouth, Devonshire, England]

Soon the world may have to decide whether they care for liberty even to the extent of protecting their rights against those systems which would, if possible, stamp it out. This matter of liberty of conscience and freedom of mind may assume the greatest importance, for I doubt whether it is possible to have complete spiritual liberty in a state where political and civic freedom are denied. ...

One of the difficulties today is that so many people are trying to divide men into water-tight groups. One reason why there is so little international brotherhood is because we are apt to think of men as superior animals, grouped into breeds like livestock; and that there is so little national brotherhood because we tend to segregate people into class-conscious groups.

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