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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 4
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that Cihristiewity i the wures of most of ony
social evils; thet conversion to godleumess would
make « better society; and thet the ideas of rol,
beaven, bell, immorality, tin, preyer, spiritual
things and the sation: of the sacred ere “cultural
fossils in orthodoxy.” This thesis is identical with
thar of the Nazis. Hitler put it in very few
words: “The Tex Commandments bave lot their
validity. ... There it mo such ébing as. truth,
either im the woral ov ix the scientific sense.” With
typical consistency, Hitler added: “T'a the Christian
doctrine of the infinite significance of the bumen
soul end of personal responsibility, I oppose with
icy clarity the seving doctrine of the nothingness
end insignificance of the bumaen being.”
{6} In many of our leading colleges and univer-
sities, in preference to the American concept af
democracy, Maraism is taught to fsture teachers.
And this despite the fact that, in the words of
Karl Marx himself: “The democratic concept of
wien ix falre, becouse it ic Christien. The demon
eratic concept bolds thet... each man it a sov-
reign being. This ix the dlusiow, dream and pos-
sulate of Christienity” (DAS KAPITAL, first ed.,
page 596},
Bastia Chenged
One of the mort startling sbout-faces from this
wafortunate and dangerous trend was made by Al-
here Einstein. He publicly acknowledged ther the
schools and che so-called independent universities
thar boasted af their everlasting loyalty to sruch
were complece failures when the acid test came.
‘The caly oncs bo didn’: whimper, who conse
tantly and continually championed the sacred rights
of every man, woman and child, were those who
were definitely for God, aot against Him.
"Being a lover of feredom,” said Einstein, “when
the vevolution come fo 1, T looked to the
waiversities to defend 2, kaowing that they ol-
wey: boasted of sheit devotion to the conw of
truth; but no, the universities immedistely were
sllenced. Then I looked to the great editors of
eI .
arm, whose flowing sdiforials im days
pete iy bed. proclaimed thew love of freedom;
bai they like the wniversities were silenced in 6
jew short weeks... «
ak the Church ont squarely scrots the ‘path
itler’s compeign for suppressing truth.
oe any pa iateveat in the Charch bee
fore, but wow I ferl # greet affection aed sdmite-
tion because the Church alone ber bed the comr~
age and persistence to stand for inteltectual ireth
anal moral freedom. 1 em forced thes to confess
thet whet 1 once despised I now praise wares
servedly.”
F ‘The Solution ‘
There you have the situation. Whar w do
about it? There is only one constructive course
open. Get hundreds of thousands who do believe in
God to dedicate themselves to « career of teaching.
20 work ay hard to restore in all our schools the Jet-
ter and spirit of the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution and che Bill of Rights, as count-
less subversives strive to have them excluded.
‘There is no time to waste! Not only sre the
enemies of our country working within the achool
system, as the Nazis and Communists did in their
own country sed every other country thar they
For the seacher who dedicatet her life w the good of all,
bby shaping the famuze of a rising generation, there if §
ing mtisleccion thar eclipees all the mcrifices
thet 6 career of teaching mum aecomerily involve.
WW
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