We Are Now Physically, Politically, And Economically

If The Views I Have Expressed Be Right, We Can Think Of Our Civilization Evolving With The Growth Of Knowledge From Small Wandering Tribes To Large Settled Law.

Measured In Time Of Transport And Communication, The Whole Round Globe Is Now Smaller Than A Small European Country Was A Hundred Years Ago.

Some Wars Have Been Due To The Lust Of Rulers For Power And Glory, Or To Revenge To Wipe Out The Humiliation Of A Former Defeat.

In The Last Fifty Years Science Has Advanced More Than In The 2,000 Previous Years And Given Mankind Greater Powers Over The Forces Of Nature Than The Ancients Ascribed To Their Gods.

The Increase Of Territory And Power Of Empires By Force Of Arms Has Been The Policy Of All Great Powers, And It Has Always Been Possible To Get The Approval Of Their State Religion.