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3o8 The Century of the Child
strength and the feeling of our own responsi-
bility have a strong moral influence. The be-
lief that man in sin-laden, without chance of
change, has led him to remain where he is.
If the future generation is to grow up with
upright souls, the first condition of such growth
is to obliterate from the existence of children
and young people, by a mighty scratch of the
pen, the catechism, Bible history, theology and
church history.
We must bow down before the infinities and
mysteries of our earthly existence and of the
world beyond. We must distinguish between
and select real ethical values; we must be con-
vinced of the solidarity of mankind, of man’s
individual duty, to construct for the benefit
of the whole race a rich and strong personality.
We must look to great models. We must
reverence the divine and the regular in the
course of the world, in the processes of de-
velopment of man’s mind. These are the new
lines of meditation, the new rehgious feelings
of reverence and love, that will make the
children of the new century strong, sound, and
beautiful.
These changes will destroy that idea of God
that combines " God help us " with our vic-
tories, that has increased the national lust for
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