Article June 21, 1969 Issue

Signs of the Times

Arthur Bryant

The Illustrated London News

Sir Arthur Bryant in The Illustrated London News London, England

A conflict between the generations—between youth and age—seems the most stupid of all conflicts, for it is one between oneself as one is and oneself as one will be. Or between oneself as one was and oneself as one is. ...

Indeed, when one comes to think of it, all society is fundamentally based on a compact or understanding between age and youth. The mother and father sacrifice themselves to rear, feed, protect, and educate their offspring, who in their turn rear, feed, protect, and educate their own offspring. Society, as Burke said, is a partnership between generation and generation. ...

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