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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 4

114 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Nov 21, 1948 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Cardinal Francis Spellman · 114 pages OCR'd
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thet Civishewity & the wuree of most of oxy social exis; thet conversion to podinmey would wake ¢ efter weiety: and that the ideas of soul, besten, dell, immorality, se, proyer, sseritual things and the sation: of ihe sacred eve “culinral fossils ia ovibodoxy.” This chesis ix idention! wich thar af the Nase. Hitler pur it in very few words: "The Tew Commandments dave howd thes validity. ... There ib no such tbing as treth, tithes im the moval or tn ibe scientific sense.” With typical consistency, Hitler added: “Ta the Chricdign doctrine of the infinite significasce of the bumen son! end of personal rerpousibility, I oppose with ley clarity the seving doctrine of the nothingness and insignificance of the bamew being” {¢} In many of our leading colleges and univer. wities, in preference w the American concept af democracy, Marainm is taught 20 future seachers, And this despite the fact that, in the words of Karl Marz himself: “The demscratic concep? of wan is face, Gecemw if is Christies. The dome evatic comcrpt dbolds that... 20ck men & a sow. eveign beieg. Tis tr the dlason, dream and pos. talste of Civittiosity” (DAS KAPITAL, firs ed, pege 196}. One of the most startling about-face: from. this wnfortuaate and dangerous trend was made by Al- here Einstein. He publicly scknowledged thar the: schools and the so-called independent universities thar booted af theie everlasting loyalty to gruch were complece failures whee the acid test came. The ealy ones who didn’t whimper, who cans tantly and continually championed the sacred rights of every man, woman and child, were those who: were definicely foe God, act against Him. "Being a Lower of freedom,” ssid Einstein, “when ihe vevolution come to Germaicy, I looked d the wniversitie: fo defend it, keowing that they sl- wey: Soesied of their devotion to the conw of slenced. Then I looked to the grea? editors’ of ie genpenens whi Fleming sdiforials ie days im by bed proclaimed ibeir love of freedom; bai they like the weiveniities were silenced in a ey short weeks. ¢ 5. . Oly the Church stood uguarely wcrons the path af Hitler's campaign for neppressing trath. ? never bed avy tfecial intevest in the Cherch bex fore, but sow I feel # greet affection aed sdmire- hos becaute the Church alone Bex bed the cowr- age and persistence to stand for deteilectual truth gad moral freedom. Lene forced thes to comfest thet whet 1 once despied T mow praise mere- servediy.” . There you have the stustion. What w do about it? There is only ome construciive course open. Get hundreds of thousands who do beleve in God sa dedicate themselves to « career of teaching. to work ay hard 0 restore in al] oor schools the ket- ter and spirit of che Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and rhe Bill of Rights; as cownt- lose subversives strive ta haere them excluded. There is no time to waste! Nor only are she enemies of our country working within, the achool system, asthe Nazis and Communists did in their own country sed every other country thar shey For the oeacher who dedicates ber life w the good of all. 49
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