MAN VERSUS THE STATE.
Strange things are done on the field of human life in the name of what is falsely called greatness, writes Dr. Sidney M. Berry, secretary of the English Congregational Union. Power is used relentlessly to crush opposition, and terror is invoked to daunt any, possible revolt. The doctrines of powerpolitics and the overweening assumption of rulers reduce men to the level of echoes in thought and automata in act. To decorate this fantastic structure of the “new order” there is a new philosophy, or rather a very old philosophy dressed up to look like new. In brief, it is the doctrine that the only value which attaches to the life of the individual is the sinking of his own personality in the life of the State. That absorption must be complete, ruling out not merely desires based upon personal taste, hut also the deeper thoughts and convictions which do not harmonise with the interests of the State. It is this horrible system in all its ramifications against which the soul of the world is struggling to break free.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 22, 6 November 1940, Page 4
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