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Ernest And Falk.
E . Very probably ! F . That is to say , —when a German meets a Frenchman , a Frenchman an Englishman , it is not the meeting of tAvo men , but that of two particular sorts of men , aware of their diverse inward tendencies wdiich render them cold , shy , and suspicious of each othereA en before they individuallhave had the least
, y intercommunication . E . That is unfortunately true ! F . It is , therefore , also true that the means which unite men together likeAvise operate as the means of disuniting them , although by the union they strove to increase their happiness . E . If you understand it so .
F . One step in advance . Many of the smaller states Avould have a different climate , therefore quite different Avants and enjoyments , therefore different manners and customs , therefore different theories of morality , therefore different religions . Is it not so ? ' E . That is a tremendous stride !
F . Men therefore would still be JeAVS and Christians , and Turks , and so on . E . I dare not reply , no . F . If they were that , they would , no matter by what designation they might be known , behave to each other as do Jews and ChristiansChristians and Turksand be hardened against
, , each other . And they would not , in this case again , act toward each other as mere men , but as certain kinds of men possessing indiYidiiatly a belief in their own spiritual advantages , and assuming rights upon this creed , which the normal man again never would think of .
E . This is A ery sad , but probably true . F . Only probably ? E . Why , when I accepted the idea that they would all live under one form of government , I certainly included under it the idea that all Avould be of one religion . Indeed , I do not understand how it is possible for uniformity of religious creed not to
accompany uniformity of governmental institutions . F . Nor I . And I only adopted the idea to prevent your finding your way out of the argument by its aid . One is certainly as impossible as the other . One state , several states ; several states , several forms of government ; several forms of governmentseveral forms of reliion .
, g E . Yes , yes , so it would seem . F . And so it is . And behold in it the second miseiy which the aggregation of society , quite against its OAvn designs , brings upon itself . It is impossible to unite men without disuniting
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Ernest And Falk.
E . Very probably ! F . That is to say , —when a German meets a Frenchman , a Frenchman an Englishman , it is not the meeting of tAvo men , but that of two particular sorts of men , aware of their diverse inward tendencies wdiich render them cold , shy , and suspicious of each othereA en before they individuallhave had the least
, y intercommunication . E . That is unfortunately true ! F . It is , therefore , also true that the means which unite men together likeAvise operate as the means of disuniting them , although by the union they strove to increase their happiness . E . If you understand it so .
F . One step in advance . Many of the smaller states Avould have a different climate , therefore quite different Avants and enjoyments , therefore different manners and customs , therefore different theories of morality , therefore different religions . Is it not so ? ' E . That is a tremendous stride !
F . Men therefore would still be JeAVS and Christians , and Turks , and so on . E . I dare not reply , no . F . If they were that , they would , no matter by what designation they might be known , behave to each other as do Jews and ChristiansChristians and Turksand be hardened against
, , each other . And they would not , in this case again , act toward each other as mere men , but as certain kinds of men possessing indiYidiiatly a belief in their own spiritual advantages , and assuming rights upon this creed , which the normal man again never would think of .
E . This is A ery sad , but probably true . F . Only probably ? E . Why , when I accepted the idea that they would all live under one form of government , I certainly included under it the idea that all Avould be of one religion . Indeed , I do not understand how it is possible for uniformity of religious creed not to
accompany uniformity of governmental institutions . F . Nor I . And I only adopted the idea to prevent your finding your way out of the argument by its aid . One is certainly as impossible as the other . One state , several states ; several states , several forms of government ; several forms of governmentseveral forms of reliion .
, g E . Yes , yes , so it would seem . F . And so it is . And behold in it the second miseiy which the aggregation of society , quite against its OAvn designs , brings upon itself . It is impossible to unite men without disuniting