THE INDIVIDUAL AND PEACE
Sir,—The essential evil ot war is the killing ot men hy men. War Is murder, fratricide. “Student" points out (I have verified his references) how killing is condemned in the Bible. He might have greatly extended his references. He might have said, in fact, that the most inspired portions of both the Old and New Testaments breathe the spirit of “Thou shalt not kill.” Witness Isaiah: "Your hands are full of bloodshed. Wash your, selves clean, Cease to do wrong. Learn to do right Make justice all your aim And put a check on violence.” (Isaiah (1, 16-17). Witness Jesus: “You have heard how the men of old were told ‘murder not’ . , . But I tell you Whoever is angry with lus brother will be sentenced by God." If the spirit of these utterances were PUt into practice, wars would end; we should be not only "safe" bul ?ave<i"!—Yoiirs, etc,. u N, M. BEU. December 10, 1947. ——
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25364, 11 December 1947, Page 4
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